nipping

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

The Dodgers will need all the manpower they can get to fend off the pesky Padres and Diamondbacks, who are nipping at their heels.

I feared that time would be lost forever but you, sir, assisted me and others with reclaiming it by nipping the host’s pointless attempt to engage you in an empty, meaningless argument.

I wake up to Cocoa nipping my ear.

There’s only so much nipping at your heels you can really indulge.