He narrowly escaped death, but five other worshippers were killed.

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The following year, he narrowly escaped capture by F.

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Third, on November 14th, Chandrababu Naidu, the chief minister in another state, Andhra Pradesh, called for an early election, partly to pick up the sympathy vote after he narrowly escaped a terrorist assassination attempt last month.

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He narrowly escaped conviction on a technicality.

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He'd escaped narrowly with his life.

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Tourist Ernst Mollemans, on the last day of his vacation and taking a boat trip from one island to another south of Phuket, narrowly escaped death or serious injury when he heard the driver scream and abruptly turn the boat toward a small beach to their left.

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He also had enormous financial problems to deal with and narrowly escaped bankruptcy and foreclosure on his Neverland property.

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