nippy
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Langer’s No. 44 is a hot pastrami Reuben sandwich with sauerkraut and nippy cheese on grilled rye bread.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
"Here you find luxury cars that you don't even see in Europe," joked Moustapha from the wheel of a nippy little Suzuki.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025
Too many of United's attacking players are the nippy variety, who find it easier to operate in small spaces.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025
Schiff’s rally, held on a nippy, mostly overcast morning, marked the start of a two-week statewide tour, with stops to include San Diego, Sacramento, Fresno and San Francisco.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 11, 2023
“Git!” she cried, the way she had always done to nippy dogs who chased her on her bicycle.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
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But TfW have said that technology already works on the bigger 756 trains, the temporary stop-gap before the nippier, purpose-built vehicles are rolled out.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
The nippier Leceile improved all last year and may be able to get away from these rivals.
From The Guardian ● May 5, 2010
Popular pleasure shows itself in those hastening steps and brightened smiles encountered as the air grows nippier.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Do you think you can be a bit nippier in getting over the centreboard than you were last time.
From Priscilla's Spies by George A. Birmingham
I jumped on to it—had to—then jumped off it nippier still and, turning to the right, began to walk towards Birdie's dugout.
From Gallipoli Diary, Volume I by Sir Ian Hamilton
On a recent trip to Japan, the press minibus wasn't the nippiest, its engine squealing to keep up with the slick Mercedes of the prime minister a dozen or so vehicles ahead.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2023
Bowe is among the most prolific wingers in Europe and the rapidly emerging Gilroy is among the nippiest, having made an eye-catching start to his Test career last month.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 14, 2012
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