nipping
Example Sentences
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Before the conflict, Saudi Arabia was the world’s No. 1 crude-oil exporter, with the U.S. nipping at its heels after the yearslong boost in production following the shale revolution.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Root's specific problem has been against right-arm bowlers, pitching the ball outside off stump and nipping it back towards him.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
The intrusion was first detected by Hugging Face last week, when it noticed tens of thousands of AIs nipping at its system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Without competition nipping at its heels, Bell Labs engineers had the luxury of working out difficult ideas over decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
Immediately, the James Caird sprang ahead, with the Dudley Docker nipping along in its wake, but the Stancomb Wills fell farther and farther astern.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
