narrow victory

collocation in English

meaningsofnarrowandvictory

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narrow
adjective
uk
/ˈnær.əʊ/us
/ˈner.oʊ/
having a small distance from one side to the other, especially in comparison with ...
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victory
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈvɪk.tər.i/us
/ˈvɪk.tɚ.i/
an occasion when you win a game, competition, election, war, etc. or the fact that you ...
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(Definition ofnarrowandvictoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The green supporters were evidently happy, yet anxiety was expressed about the unexpectedlynarrowvictory.
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It was a verynarrowvictory, but we did win.
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Here, time and again, we find anarrowvictoryfor one party is translated into a huge majority on the local council.
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I would prefer to have anarrowvictorytrying to do the right thing for the country than to have a narrow defeat trying to do the wrong thing.
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He won a verynarrowvictoryin that year's presidential election.
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After a last-minute rally, the federalist side won anarrowvictory.
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Though the majority was 28, it was considered anarrowvictory.
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It was anarrowvictorythis time; the margin was 40 votes out of 2,036.
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Rajapaksa won anarrowvictory, by 190,000 votes, or 50.29% of the popular vote.
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After losing the 1840 and 1841 elections, he and was reelected in anothernarrowvictoryin 1842.
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In the 1957 election the party won anarrowvictory, assisted by its promises of tax rebates and the abolition of compulsory military training.
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Despite ongoing controversy, locals continued to support the plan: in the 1997 mayoral election, the pro-airport coalition won anarrowvictoryover the anti-airport coalition.
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Though congress controversially decided that the dissolution had been illegal, elections were held and resulted in anarrowvictoryfor the left-wing.
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Blatt won anarrowvictoryand became speaker after just four years of service.
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