hip
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Roebuck scooted onto his hip and entered the code.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Against Valdez, Hernández was in a closed stance, to delay his front hip from opening, according to Dodgers hitting coach Aaron Bates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Also among the top four are the Greens, who dominate in hip inner-city areas known for trendy cafes, organic supermarkets and cargo bicycles.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
I was trying to schedule a hip MRI on both hips when the imaging center told me my coverage was “not active.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 12, 2026
In a sullen silence she began preparing the meal, lighting the fire, fetching the water, boiling the rice, the baby astride her hip as before and whimpering unheeded.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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But it was up against other, hipper shows like The Word, and a balding, middle-aged, middle-class man being risqué suddenly seemed less cutting-edge.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2025
“It was a little more diverse and hipper, so they were probably getting some pushback from older readers.”
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2024
“There’s nothing hipper than being talented at something you love, in having passion, and that is classic, and that is timeless,” Lady Gaga said in 2015.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
Some of the factors that led to the bankruptcy were particular to Revlon, like debt-fueled deal-making led by the corporate raider Ron Perelman, and a brand that failed to compete against younger, hipper rivals.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2022
String theory has further spawned something called "M theory," which incorporates surfaces known as membranes–or simply "branes" to the hipper souls of the world of physics.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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Even if I could try my hand at the hippest startups, I’ve decided that this summer I would try to understand how local economies perform, focusing on the small businesses that help sustain communities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
Instantly recognisable by their electric blue shop fronts, branches of LAP Coffee have become a common sight in Berlin's hippest neighbourhoods over the past two years.
From Barron's ● Nov. 16, 2025
In a way, they're clamoring to be "influencers," the hippest of all modern professions.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2024
“When it’s more scalable, hydrogen will be the hippest thing to drive.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2022
Jazz strains leak from behind the doors of the hippest clubs.
From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz
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When she told him, he burst out laughing, and then hipped her to the store’s true content.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 22, 2020
There, I just hipped you to a wonderful alternative to aching your way through Emmy night.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2018
The Cheney house, built in 1903, was a broad-shouldered example of Wright’s Prairie style, its hipped roof extending protectively over a base of Roman brick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2017
I was hipped to the binary—and not just its use in making one into two, aka male and female.
From Time ● Oct. 11, 2016
The building exhibited recessed galleries on the north and south sides, and a flattish hipped roof.
From Toronto of Old by Henry Scadding
Like many in the space, Herstand credits the long-running New York production “Sleep No More” with hipping him to the scene.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2026
Of course, they saw it as the birth of Woodstock Nation, a giant step toward the hipping of the world at large.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Fred tore out a sheet and did some mysterious figuring, afterwards crumpling the paper into a little wad and hipping it behind the bed.
From The Flying U's Last Stand by B. M. Bower
When the hipping season began with our customers at The Grove, trade became active with us at Wichita.
From Reed Anthony, Cowman by Andy Adams
With one hand hipping his saber and the other curling his mustaches, he smiled at her.
From The Lure of the Mask by Harrison Fisher