lip
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Though it’s nice of Roberts to pay enough lip service that he’s not totally discounting the best-of-five current series they’re in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
A life-threatening medical emergency is to him what a chapped lip is to most of us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Her nine-year-old daughter has her own emergency bag containing toys, lip balm and a tourniquet.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
She returned to skating in 2024 on her own terms, with a new look that included a halo hairstyle and a “smiley” piercing in the tissue connecting her upper lip to her gums.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Jonathan saw beads of sweat on her upper lip, and when she wiped them off, her hand shook.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
He contorted his tongue or lips to reach the high notes, and it was all hilarious.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Research into hormones that regulate appetite is on everybody's lips for the Nobel medicine prize, to be announced on Monday when the 2026 Nobel season kicks off.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
To keep the theme going, my colleagues rooted around for some of Slate’s best stories from the mid-aughts midterm year that’s on everyone’s lips.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026
Symptoms of the disease include nasal discharge, redness and swelling of the lips, nose and muzzle, lameness or reluctance to stand, a decrease in milk production, and diarrhoea in cattle.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Out of the corner of my eye I could see the same was true for Mae; her hands were a blur and her lips never stopped moving.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
"I was emotional after the putt lipped in," said Schauffele.
From BBC ● May 19, 2024
Eventually, Ricardo loses on his final stroke—his ball does “a full wrap around the hole but lipped out”—and Adams wins.
From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2024
“Even when it kind of lipped, I thought it would lip in. I’m pretty gutted it didn’t go in.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2024
Schauffele had a chance for a share of second, but his birdie putt at 18 lipped out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2024
Her mouth was well shaped and well lipped but abnormally small—what used to be called a rosebud.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
The Dodgers already have used 22 pitchers with the calendar lipping into May.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2025
He then missed good birdie chances at 13, 14 and 15, also lipping out at 17 as he matched the 2019 36-hole record score of Brooks Koepka at 12 under par.
From BBC ● May 17, 2024
Matsuyama had the shortest attempt — from 20 feet — and it nearly went in the cup before lipping out.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2021
Matsuyama had the shortest attempt - from 20 feet - and it nearly went in the cup before lipping out.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 8, 2021
They looked like beavers, the water lipping about their chins, yelling.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
