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lip

[lip] / lɪp /




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And you can't walk down the street and get a sense of it in the way you can visibly see the popularity of lip fillers.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

My perverse love for lip stuff traces back to when I was 4 and first tried on my grandmother’s Clinique lipstick in Raspberry Glace.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

The reality is, however, she can’t and won’t; at some point, the bell rings and she must put on her coveralls and shake the pail of lip liners in front of us.

From Slate Aug. 5, 2026

Ariana Grande used lip filler and Botox 'to hide'

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

A soldier’s moustache that I said looked like a rat’s tail on his lip.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

The very first thing I saw there was an anime-style vertical video whose characters barely moved their lips and ended the whole thing with a verbatim “To Be Continue .. ” title card.

From Slate Aug. 16, 2026

“Hill-climbing” is the term that is suddenly on lips across Silicon Valley, for reasons that have nothing to do with San Francisco’s dramatic topography or techies’ love of hiking.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Clacton has been on every politician's lips with the seaside town's railway station the destination for day trips by activists, cabinet ministers and big Westminster names.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Official figures show that over 6,000 people died in the horrific earthquakes that struck Venezuela in June, but authorities are keeping their lips sealed about how many more are missing.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

His gaze stiffens on mine and his lips fold shut.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

She also lipped out with her final putt, which would have pulled another shot back.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

A long birdie putt at No. 18 lipped out.

From Seattle Times May 17, 2024

Eventually, Ricardo loses on his final stroke—his ball does “a full wrap around the hole but lipped out”—and Adams wins.

From Slate Mar. 31, 2024

Schauffele had a chance for a share of second, but his birdie putt at 18 lipped out.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 18, 2024

He was still watching Kosi and Buchi talk to the red' lipped clown, when Okwudiba arrived.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Despite his three-foot birdie try on 18 lipping out he still won by three shots and was the only player to finish in the red.

From Los Angeles Times May 21, 2026

He then missed good birdie chances at 13, 14 and 15, also lipping out at 17 as he matched the 2019 36-hole record score of Brooks Koepka at 12 under par.

From BBC May 17, 2024

Mickelson opened with a birdie on the par-5 first hole and had four more on the back nine, including a tap-in on 18 after lipping out for eagle.

From Seattle Times Nov. 11, 2021

Matsuyama had the shortest attempt - from 20 feet - and it nearly went in the cup before lipping out.

From Washington Times Aug. 8, 2021

They looked like beavers, the water lipping about their chins, yelling.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner




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