cheat death

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  • The race car driver somehow managed to cheat death after that horrific crash.
  • Having survived the avalanche, the mountaineer felt he had cheated death.
  • You can only cheat death so many times before your luck runs out.
  • After a long battle with a serious illness, she felt she had truly cheated death.
  • Doctors said it was a miracle he survived; he literally cheated death.
  • As a stunt performer, his job is to cheat death on a daily basis for the camera.
  • The soldier cheated death when a bullet narrowly missed his head.
  • In the final act, the hero must find a way to cheat death and save the world.
  • He lived a dangerous life, constantly cheating death with his reckless stunts.
  • The old fisherman had countless tales of how he had cheated death during storms at sea.