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nip

noun as in swallow, taste

verb as in bite; take small part

verb as in stop, thwart

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Example Sentences

They’ve watched their country open up to the world and their factories propel its economy, which nips at the heels of the United States as the world’s largest.

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Biden was at his peak back then and probably would have beaten Trump, nipping his political career in the bud.

Woakes produced the sensational start, finding a crack for the ball to keep low and nip back.

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It’s packed with jagged guitar lines and fiery melodies that nip hungrily at your earlobes.

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It was the Australian’s overtaking move at the second chicane that allowed Charles Leclerc to nip ahead of Norris and started the sequence of events that led to the Ferrari driver winning.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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