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pip

[pip] / pɪp /
NOUN
stone
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If they are to pip European champions Spain to the crown, they will need Lionel Messi to be at his best.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

But a final run on which he did two flying laps enabled him to pip Antonelli by 0.068 seconds and Russell whooped with delight on the radio after realising he had secured pole.

From BBC ● May 23, 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

Hatching is underway, and it can take 24 to 48 hours to complete after the first pip, the nonprofit said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026

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

Leclerc, fastest in second and third practice, was 0.232secs off the pace and pipped Hamilton by just 0.044secs.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Arsenal's Russo pipped Chelsea pair Lucy Bronze and Hannah Hampton to the award, which is voted for by fans.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

And in 2012, it pipped United to its first Premier League title.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

He was pipped to Olympic gold in Paris two years ago.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

While hatching, the eggs should be kept pipped side up in the trays, as the birds sometimes get smothered when the orifice is underneath.

From Natural and Artificial Duck Culture by James Rankin

"Oh, what a lap, gorgeous," said an ecstatic Norris after pipping world championship leader Antonelli by just 0.011 seconds.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

World number one Nelly Korda won her first US Women's Open title, pipping England's Charley Hull to victory by a single shot.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 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

There is little to separate the pair when it comes to grappling, with Shevchenko's top position percentage of 30.6 just pipping Weili's 29.8.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025

I remember her saying to me once, in her school-girl slang, when she was seventeen or so, 'Well, I'd like to think I went on, mother; I think it's simply rotten pipping out.

From Potterism A Tragi-Farcical Tract by Dame Rose Macaulay


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