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nipping

[nip-ing] / ˈnɪp ɪŋ /






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Claude-maker Anthropic has OpenAI, Google's Gemini and even Grok from xAI nipping at its heels in the market for professional AI.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

SEOUL—The startup that is now one of a handful of chip makers nipping at the heels of Nvidia began in a hospital bed in Seoul a decade ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

Microsoft currently holds the rank of the third-largest U.S. company, but can it maintain its lead with Alphabet nipping at its heels?

From MarketWatch • Nov. 19, 2025

Far removed from a typical Aussie seamer, O'Neill is more like an English medium-pacer, nipping the ball around.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

It was healthy now, and growing fast, with big feet and ears; recently he had watched, laughing, when the mother dog had growled at it because it was nipping at her own ears in play.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry




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