hip
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The stuntman had a bad hip, his hearing was going, and he needed money.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Vance’s efforts to seem hip come across as forced, as if he has never met a fellow millennial and can only approximate their lingo and cadence from reading old magazine reviews of movies like “Clueless.”
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
Researchers from the University of Sydney and University of Melbourne found that exercise leads to small average improvements in pain and physical function among people with hip osteoarthritis.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
They’re kidding, but he invites himself along anyway, in the hope that hanging with 20-somethings will miraculously make him hip.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Involuntarily, Ekon reached for the dagger at his hip.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
But it was up against other, hipper shows like The Word, and a balding, middle-aged, middle-class man being risqué suddenly seemed less cutting-edge.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2025
Varrett promised to create a labor movement that is “younger, darker, hipper, fresher, sneaker-wearing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2024
“It was a little more diverse and hipper, so they were probably getting some pushback from older readers.”
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2024
With “The Exhibit,” the Hirshhorn is eyeing the tens of millions of households that have access to the Smithsonian Channel and its arguably hipper sister network.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023
Sometimes it’s a little hard having a mom who’s hipper than you are.
From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm
Even if I could try my hand at the hippest startups, I’ve decided that this summer I would try to understand how local economies perform, focusing on the small businesses that help sustain communities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
Instantly recognisable by their electric blue shop fronts, branches of LAP Coffee have become a common sight in Berlin's hippest neighbourhoods over the past two years.
From Barron's ● Nov. 16, 2025
A day after ZooTunes unveiled its 40th anniversary slate, Seattle’s hippest urban festival Day In Day Out has dropped its own indie-centric bill.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
Don't laugh at me — remember, I was 16, Instagram wasn't out, and there were no micro-food bloggers schooling to me to hippest and fanciest spots.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2023
Jazz strains leak from behind the doors of the hippest clubs.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
The photographs showed fire within the house, just behind an entrance portico that includes rectangular brick or stone columns supporting a hipped roof.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2021
When she told him, he burst out laughing, and then hipped her to the store’s true content.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 22, 2020
There, I just hipped you to a wonderful alternative to aching your way through Emmy night.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2018
The Cheney house, built in 1903, was a broad-shouldered example of Wright’s Prairie style, its hipped roof extending protectively over a base of Roman brick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2017
It stood on the upper side of Lockman Street and was built with a hipped or gamble roof.
From History of Halifax City by Akins, Thomas B.
Like many in the space, Herstand credits the long-running New York production “Sleep No More” with hipping him to the scene.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
Of course, they saw it as the birth of Woodstock Nation, a giant step toward the hipping of the world at large.
From Time Magazine Archive
Egad, I think the waiter must have thought me mad, as he heard me hip, hipping with "one cheer more," to the sentiment.
From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II by Lever, Charles James
When the hipping season began with our customers at The Grove, trade became active with us at Wichita.
From Reed Anthony, Cowman by Adams, Andy
Fred tore out a sheet and did some mysterious figuring, afterwards crumpling the paper into a little wad and hipping it behind the bed.
From The Flying U's Last Stand by Bower, B. M.
