nipping
Example Sentences
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Rumbling in from the Nursery End, nipping the ball down the slope to left-hander Devon Conway.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
More recently, the explosion in popularity for resale clothing and the growing use of GLP-1 drugs for weight loss have created more need for nipping and tucking what is in peoples’ closets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 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
“The White Lotus” carried six nominations into the ceremony, with streaming hits like “Adolescence” and “Severance” nipping at its heels.
From Salon • Jan. 11, 2026
The kits tumbled about her feet, yelping and nipping at each other, too young to listen.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
