nipping
Example Sentences
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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
Mainly nipping the ball up the Lord's slope, Smith took the edge of Gay, then pinned Root lbw for eight.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 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
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
Toomer’s dogs swirled around them, nipping at each other, and keeping their distance from the Gray.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
