Examples of squeaker in a Sentence
They won in a 10–9 squeaker.
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The two tennis powers met for the CIF San Diego Section Open Division boys championship Friday night at Barnes Tennis Center and Torrey Pines pulled out a 10-8 squeaker in a match that lasted nearly four hours.
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Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
By any historic measure, this was a squeaker.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
Their second loss was a quarterfinal squeaker that dashed their medal hopes.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026
In the math of the midterms, a handful of statistics can signal the odds of a squeaker or a tsunami, of a Democratic sweep or the resilience of the Republican status quo.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
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Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
By any historic measure, this was a squeaker.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
Their second loss was a quarterfinal squeaker that dashed their medal hopes.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 23 Feb. 2026
In the math of the midterms, a handful of statistics can signal the odds of a squeaker or a tsunami, of a Democratic sweep or the resilience of the Republican status quo.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for squeaker
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“Squeaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squeaker. Accessed 5 May. 2026.
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