nipping
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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
It was a superb delivery from Archer, nipping away from round the wicket.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025
Microsoft currently holds the rank of the third-largest U.S. company, but can it maintain its lead with Alphabet nipping at its heels?
From MarketWatch • Nov. 19, 2025
Grain-fed rats were swarming over the two of them, nipping and biting and clinging like leeches.
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
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