The little girl next to me seemed almost to gasp at the sharp turn of events.
As a boy growing up on Long Island he had greeted news of hurricanes by going up to the attic to sit with an anemometer, and built his own telescope in order to gasp at the planets it revealed.
ATHENS, Greece -- American pole vaulter Timothy Mack pulled off a last-gasp clearance at an Olympic record height of 5.95 meters to take the title in Athens.
Villarreal denied Pep Guardiola's men the title last weekend as they scored a last-gasp leveller at the Nou Camp, and there was another thrilling climax at El Madrigal, although this time Barca were the beneficiaries of the late goal.
But we hold that myth dear when we gasp and point fingers at political foes getting their hands (and mouths) dirty in the process.
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Everton, who like Fulham progressed to the group stages of Europe's second-tier competition on Thursday, registered their first points this season with a last-gasp 2-1 win at home to Wigan.
Senator John McCain, the Republicans' 2008 candidate, and Sarah Palin, his running-mate, voiced similar misgivings: better to have helped the rebels clinch their victory when they appeared to be on a roll than come to their defence when they were at their last gasp on the edge of defeat.
Xerez remained second from bottom after losing 1-0 at Tenerife, while Racing Santander needed a last-gasp equalizer from Manuel Arana to earn a 1-1 draw at home to Osasuna.
Substitute Chris Iwelumo's last-gasp equaliser rescued Stoke a deserved point at Selhurst Park.
But they are also the same team who have lost five times this season, including turning winning positions at home into last-gasp defeats against New Zealand and Australia.
Friday's last-gasp 21-20 semi-final victory at Harlequins was the Falcons' third win in a row.
When he showed slides of them at his lectures, audiences would sometimes gasp with horror.
This is supposed to be a zombie season for the Nets one last gasp in the Garden State before a soft artisanal opening at the Barc on Flatbush.
The Bulgarian's last-gasp strike, coupled with Arsenal's 2-2 draw at West Brom, allowed United to restore a cushion at the top of the table that had been damaged by defeats at Chelsea and Liverpool.
Conference favourites Yeovil were rocked by a two-goal blast in the first half, but hit back to share the spoils at home to Gravesend through Terry Skiverton's last-gasp goal.
Before you gasp in horror though, consider the fact that after this announcement not much at all happened to the share price.
Passengers will be able to leap on and off the city's 500-odd old-fashioned buses at least until a European directive on accessibility comes into force in (gasp) 2016.
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An impending blizzard forced Michael Kors to arrive at New York Fashion Week's Project Runway show on Friday in gasp Uggs.
"It comes out at sort of this strange time in the company's product evolution, the last gasp of the DOS line and Windows 98, " Davis said.
Nasser Hussain's new autobiography discloses that Fulton was chosen to replace Mark Butcher at Headingley in the Ashes series of 2001, but the selectors had a last-gasp change of heart and retained the left-hander.
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It turns out all those GIFs and videos that strike us as cute and amusing are actually moving us at a much deeper level making our hearts race and our palms sweat, making us gasp and sit up straight in our chairs.
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