A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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Sun, 9 Jun '24
Close call
Wed, 13 Mar '24
Close call
Sun, 20 Aug '23
Near miss
Thu, 6 Apr '23
Alarm
Tue, 1 Nov '22
Close one
Thu, 10 Mar '22
Alarm
Sun, 9 Jan '22
Cause of a jolt
Wed, 17 Nov '21
Freak out
Sun, 7 Feb '21
Give a start
Sun, 27 Dec '20
Close call