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Worst to First Riding high after winning the American League pennant in a historic worst-to-first season, the Jays came within a whisker of winning the World Series, bowing in a seven-game classic against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 3 Jan. 2026
Best of all for Boston, signing Bichette would mean taking him out of the Toronto Blue Jays lineup, weakening a division rival that just came within a whisker of winning the World Series.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
Except in those special cases where earnings per share (EPS) collapsed and artificially inflated the multiple, this is the first time the P/E has reached within a whisker of 30 since what’s renowned as one of the most-unhinged times in the annals of financial markets.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2025
Overnight stateside, the S&P 500 rose to within a whisker of a new record high after White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt downplayed the impending start of the tariff deals, which have weighed on investor sentiment.
—Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 26 June 2025
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Dan Schlossberg, Forbes.com, 3 Jan. 2026
Best of all for Boston, signing Bichette would mean taking him out of the Toronto Blue Jays lineup, weakening a division rival that just came within a whisker of winning the World Series.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
Except in those special cases where earnings per share (EPS) collapsed and artificially inflated the multiple, this is the first time the P/E has reached within a whisker of 30 since what’s renowned as one of the most-unhinged times in the annals of financial markets.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2025
Overnight stateside, the S&P 500 rose to within a whisker of a new record high after White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt downplayed the impending start of the tariff deals, which have weighed on investor sentiment.
—Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 26 June 2025
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“Within a whisker of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/within%20a%20whisker%20of. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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