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
It has been the presumed favourite to win best picture throughout award season so far, and it could still pip Sinners to the top trophy in March.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 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
Ireland's Rhasidat Adeleke set a new national record as she pipped Asher-Smith to silver.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Despite being overhauled and pipped to silver by her team-mate in a dramatic finish, Hodgkinson celebrated together with Hunter Bell on the track.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Antonelli pipped Red Bull's Max Verstappen by 0.043 seconds in a qualifying session that kept spectators and viewers on their edge of their seats until the very end.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli pipped Red Bull's Max Verstappen to pole position in a gripping qualifying session at the Monaco Grand Prix.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Don't you see, Tom, two of her setting have pipped they shells and the cheepings of the little things have skeered the poor young thing 'most to death.
From The Road to Providence by Maria Thompson Daviess
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
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
Russell ended a run of three successive pole positions for team-mate Antonelli by pipping him in Montreal.
From BBC ● May 23, 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
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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