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Whisker
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Whisker meaning
That part of the beard which grows upon the sides of the face, usually of the male, or upon the chin, or upon both. | A hair of the beard. | One of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal.
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Dacres-Cogley missed by a whisker after cutting in from the right and Randell Williams put a free header wide.
The Bears' winning start came to an end last weekend - but only by a whisker.
The SDP was one of the only two approved political parties at that time and Atiku missed being its flagbearer by the whisker.
The S&P 500 has climbed 14 per cent in just two months to come within a whisker of its all-time closing peak, while its price to earnings ratio is up by a quarter on the year at 24.0.
Arteta’s men dug in bravely with 10 men for the whole of the second period and came within a whisker of a famous win, only for John Stones to rescue the champions with a 97th minute equaliser.
Chasetown were a whisker away inside two minutes.
Consumer price rises slowed to 2.2 percent compared to the same month last year, down from 2.6 percent in July, leaving the figure just a whisker off the ECB's target.
He falsely claimed that he had been sarcastic in a recent remark about losing the 2020 election by “a whisker” and continued to assert-against all evidence-that the election had been stolen from him.
Just days ago, Trump himself acknowledged in a podcast interview that he had indeed “lost”, though he claimed it was “by a whisker” when in fact he was defeated 306-232 in the electoral college and lost the popular vote by more than 7m.
Littler missed out on a £180,000 jackpot for a nine-darter by a whisker in his turbo-charged final set - which would have earned one lucky punter in the crowd a £60k share of the bonus.
On Trump’s watch, the deficit-GDP ratio came within a whisker of 14.9%.
She won four of her 17 starts and was runner-up nine times – often missing out by a whisker to top-rated opponents.
Southwood’s second-half saves earned him an honourable mention but Johnston was still Bolton’s most impressive performer by a whisker.
The animal was seen crossing through the highly guarded palace in the heart of the capital New Delhi, moving within a whisker of red carpeted steps just above where scores of India's newly elected lawmakers sat, including Prime Minster Narendra Modi.
Traders remain largely upbeat, with August's early rout -- sparked by US recession fears and a Bank of Japan rate hike -- in the rearview mirror and some markets within a whisker of records touched this year thanks to the tech-fuelled rally.
And Palace came within a whisker of snatching a point when Scott Dann’s back-post header struck the inside of the post before Chelsea hacked the ball clear.
During a bitter campaign, Mr Chebundo escaped death by a whisker when the Zanu-PF youths who had abducted him and doused him with petrol were unable to light a match.
The very first version of the face mask featured a whisker motif and his classic 'ears' were very short.
This opened the way for Les Cobban to come through and shade it by a whisker from Jimmy.
Whisker marks on her mask?