| Slimmest of margins |
LA Times Daily |
06 Mar 2026 |
| Just slightly |
Premier Sunday |
22 Dec 2024 |
| Not ___ out of place |
LA Times Mini |
16 May 2024 |
| Won by __ |
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| Won by __ |
LA Times Daily |
09 Dec 2020 |
| Not — out of place |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Mar 2019 |
| The slightest margin |
New York Times |
14 Jan 2018 |
| The slightest margin |
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| "With not ___ out of place" (totally neat) |
Universal |
08 Mar 2017 |
| "With not ___ out of place" (totally neat) |
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| Just slightly |
New York Times |
21 Oct 2016 |
| Just slightly |
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| Just slightly |
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| Words after "win by" or "hang by" |
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| Win by __ |
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| Win by __ |
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| Missed by __ |
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| Not ___ out of place (unruffled) |
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| 'Not -- out of place!' |
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| Not harm __ on someone's head |
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| Not harm __ on someone's head |
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| Something to win by |
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| "There's ___ in My Dirt!" (Gary Larson book) |
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| Not ___ out of place |
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| By __ (barely) |
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| "-- of the dog that bit you" |
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| Win by _____ |
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| Not turn ___ (stay calm) |
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| "Who touches ___ . . . ": Whittier |
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| " . . . ___ of yon gray head" |
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| Win by __ |
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| To ___ (perfectly) |
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| Miss by ___ |
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| Not turn ___ |
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| To ___ (exactly) |
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| Not turn ___. |
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| Not turn ___ (stay calm and unruffled). |
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| Hang by ___. |
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