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- adverb In a
nail-biting manner
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Examples
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And those protest votes were enough to make the election nail-bitingly close, allowing the Supreme Court to ultimately tip the scales in favor of Bush.
Bob Cesca: Killing the False Equivalency "Both Sides" Meme Bob Cesca 2010
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And those protest votes were enough to make the election nail-bitingly close, allowing the Supreme Court to ultimately tip the scales in favor of Bush.
Bob Cesca: Killing the False Equivalency "Both Sides" Meme Bob Cesca 2010
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Most conference-championship games aren't nail-bitingly close: In the 84 title games since the 1970 season, only 28 have been decided by seven points or fewer.
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And those protest votes were enough to make the election nail-bitingly close, allowing the Supreme Court to ultimately tip the scales in favor of Bush.
Bob Cesca: Killing the False Equivalency "Both Sides" Meme Bob Cesca 2010
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But I must say, in the context of playing the game, all that sounds like just nail-bitingly relevant information.
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But I must say, in the context of playing the game, all that sounds like just nail-bitingly relevant information.
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But I must say, in the context of playing the game, all that sounds like just nail-bitingly relevant information.
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He has the nail-bitingly dutiful devotion of his wife (played superbly by Anastasia Hille) and the respect of the partner (Patrick Godfrey) and the goofy family doctor (Jack Shepherd).
A Paul Levy 2010
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But I must say, in the context of playing the game, all that sounds like just nail-bitingly relevant information.
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But I must say, in the context of playing the game, all that sounds like just nail-bitingly relevant information.
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