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nipping

[nip-ing] / ˈnɪp ɪŋ /






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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

Now packs of them began chasing the cows all over the Rantz property, relentlessly nipping at their legs.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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