chipping
Example Sentences
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Those gains are chipping away at Iran’s leverage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
“If you start chipping away at it and preventing people from doing something as simple as speaking in a public park, in this case about yoga, you create a dangerous precedent.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Barring the surprise elimination of Uruguay, it was essentially a 72-game exercise in chipping away 16 of the smaller countries to create a knockout competition.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
“When I’m saying diversifying, that is chipping away at it year over year.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
Kainta teaches me how to make a knife by chipping a piece of rock until it is sharp, then tying it with gut onto a short stick.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
