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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

Hatching typically takes 24 to 48 hours after the first pip, the nonprofit said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026

It has been the presumed favourite to win best picture throughout award season so far, and it could still pip Sinners to the top trophy in March.

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026

His foreman was a man defeated by his own pessimistic views, and his news was mostly a series of misfortunes: the strawberries froze, the chickens caught the pip, the grapes rotted.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

And in 2012, it pipped United to its first Premier League title.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Training partner Georgia Hunter Bell was pipped to victory in the mile by Poland's Klaudia Kazimierska.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Despite being overhauled and pipped to silver by her team-mate in a dramatic finish, Hodgkinson celebrated together with Hunter Bell on the track.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

He was pipped to Olympic gold in Paris two years ago.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

There are two young birds and one little specked egg, just pipped.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 by Various

AC Milan's Kaka was the last recipient before Messi and Ronaldo's tug-of-war began, the Brazilian pipping the young pair to the prize in 2007.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The margin of the victory was key, with England pipping Germany to top spot on goal difference and the only automatic spot.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 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

There is little to separate the pair when it comes to grappling, with Shevchenko's top position percentage of 30.6 just pipping Weili's 29.8.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025

I remember her saying to me once, in her school-girl slang, when she was seventeen or so, 'Well, I'd like to think I went on, mother; I think it's simply rotten pipping out.

From Potterism A Tragi-Farcical Tract by Dame Rose Macaulay