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Examples (10)

• The bullet missed his head by only a few inches.
• The soccer player missed the goal by a wide margin.
• She missed the bus by a minute, having just seen it pull away.
• The arrow missed the target by a hair's breadth.
• Our team missed winning the championship by a single point.
• He missed catching the ball by literally millimeters.
• The spacecraft missed its intended orbit by a small deviation.
• I missed seeing the rare bird by seconds, it flew away.
• They missed qualifying for the Olympics by a very slim chance.
• The driver missed hitting the pedestrian by a very close call.