nip
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As competitors nip at their heels, OpenAI and Anthropic have been spurred to increase investment in both engineers and data-center access at the expense of profitability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Shelter workers mentioned a previous bite but characterized it as a nip at the heels and “not a big deal,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
A pilot scheme designed to identify and nip potential health problems in the bud has been launched by the Isle of Man's public health directorate.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026
This is why a lot of Jews want to nip that rhetoric in the bud.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2025
“There’s a slight nip in the air, dear. Andrew, would you kindly excuse us? I need to talk to Miss Muldauer in private.”
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
Robinson, from round the wicket, angled the ball in, then nipped it away off the surface and up the Lord's slope.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Karia doesn’t skimp on it, but then again, neither did Shakespeare, and the film is faithful, even if nipped and tucked for running time’s sake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
So the money bouquet culture is unlikely to be nipped in the bud any time soon.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
Hilton Worldwide Holdings appeared earlier this month to have nipped a similar public-relations crisis in the bud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Grey Wind nipped at her fingers, playful, and trotted back to his place by the fire.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
The intrusion was first detected by Hugging Face last week, when it noticed tens of thousands of AIs nipping at its system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
But head teacher Claire Judd said they went a step further - cooling their feet in water baths and "nipping in and out" of a World War Two German bunker.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 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
In 1986, broadcasters began scrambling their signals in hopes of nipping their losses in the BUDs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
I rolled into a ball in the middle of the mattress, cold sweat nipping my back.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Vocabulary lists containing nip
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