pip
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Kylian Mbappe is still the star turn and will continue his bid to pip Argentina's Lionel Messi to both the Golden Boot and title of all-time top scorer in World Cup tournaments.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
They succeeded occasionally—Liverpool managed to pip him to a couple of championships—but Guardiola’s City took the title in six of the past eight years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Observers spotted what appeared to be a pip — or breach in the eggshell — on Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026
His seventh-place finish, with Webber in eighth, allowed Vettel to pip both of them.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025
His foreman was a man defeated by his own pessimistic views, and his news was mostly a series of misfortunes: the strawberries froze, the chickens caught the pip, the grapes rotted.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Norris pipped Russell by 0.102 seconds as raindrops began to appear on the drivers' visors.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Villa pulled off a real coup when they pipped Newcastle to Freiburg's 20-year-old midfielder Johan Manzambi, who was a stand-out performer for Switzerland at the World Cup.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton pipped Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli to a stunning pole position for the sprint race at the British Grand Prix.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Until this year, the tightest margin of victory belonged to Al Unser, Jr., who pipped Scott Goodyear to the line by 0.043 seconds in 1992.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
Nay," said McPhail, "I'm pipped, I have got to go.
From Tommy by Joseph Hocking
McClenaghan won gold eight years ago, pipping England's Max Whitlock - who has been forced to withdraw from these Games with injury - before collecting silver in Birmingham four years ago.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The margin of the victory was key, with England pipping Germany to top spot on goal difference and the only automatic spot.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Johnson had never claimed a podium spot in Cortina before Sunday but outshone the rest of the field from sixth on the starting list, pipping Germany's rising star Emma Aicher by just 0.04sec.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
Their performances in pipping a gaggle of victorious Ryder Cup team-mates show the European game is in rude health.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025
Oh, Lucina, 'twill be ripping When we hear the eggs all pipping!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 7, 1917 by Various
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