pip
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Hamilton benefited from that by leaving his run late and benefiting from the usual improvement in track conditions through qualifying to pip Leclerc by 0.064secs.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
For most of the campaign he seemed destined to finish as the league's top scorer, only for Manchester City's Teddie Lamb to pip him in the final couple of games.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
They succeeded occasionally—Liverpool managed to pip him to a couple of championships—but Guardiola’s City took the title in six of the past eight years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Watchers on Saturday spotted what appeared to be a pip in the second egg.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026
Kyle half expected the guy to say “pip pip, cheerio” or something.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
Norris pipped Russell by 0.102 seconds as raindrops began to appear on the drivers' visors.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Manzambi had an excellent tournament, and Villa pipped Newcastle to sign him.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli pipped Red Bull's Max Verstappen to pole position in a gripping qualifying session at the Monaco Grand Prix.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Antonelli pipped Red Bull's Max Verstappen by 0.043 seconds in a qualifying session that kept spectators and viewers on their edge of their seats until the very end.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
It will show you pretty well how pipped I was when I tell you that I near as a toucher put on a white tie with a dinner-jacket.
From My Man Jeeves by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
"Oh, what a lap, gorgeous," said an ecstatic Norris after pipping world championship leader Antonelli by just 0.011 seconds.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Johnson had never claimed a podium spot in Cortina before Sunday but outshone the rest of the field from sixth on the starting list, pipping Germany's rising star Emma Aicher by just 0.04sec.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
Spaniard Alcaraz had the edge over Sinner over the course of the season, winning four of their six match-ups, which all decided top-level tournaments, and pipping his rival to the year-end world number one spot.
From Barron's ● Nov. 16, 2025
That also applies to the Livingston native herself, thanks to her becoming Scotland's new UK 1500m champion after pipping Olympic silver medallist Laura Muir to the title in Birmingham.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025
He had at that time a pig which was ready for pipping; she had a litter of seven, and they all died.
From Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter by Elliott O'Donnell
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