lip
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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
Kylie Rolincik, who attended one of the school’s summer programs, recalled one game in which the instructor chose songs for the students to lip sync.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
My perverse love for lip stuff traces back to when I was 4 and first tried on my grandmother’s Clinique lipstick in Raspberry Glace.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The two sides played nice in the heady days of 2025, when the midterms were far enough off in the distance and everyone was willing to pay lip service to Piker’s more exotic ideas.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
I had to bite my lower lip to keep from laughing out loud.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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"The attacks were varied, so the insides of my stomach can swell up, I've had my lips, my hands, my feet."
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
The very first thing I saw there was an anime-style vertical video whose characters barely moved their lips and ended the whole thing with a verbatim “To Be Continue .. ” title card.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2026
Official figures show that over 6,000 people died in the horrific earthquakes that struck Venezuela in June, but authorities are keeping their lips sealed about how many more are missing.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
“They’ve had a curated set of items that they’ve gone after, so whether that be in blushes or in lips or in highlighter or bronzing categories, they’re seeing strength across the board,” Fields said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
He shakes his head, his lips a disapproving thin line.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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"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
I study the youthful parody shape in the mirror: the stomach lipped tight by muscle; the shoulders rounded by chin-ups; the arms veined strong.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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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
So he wasn’t there to see Barjon take a double bogey on 18, slicing his drive into the woods, blasting out of a greenside bunker, then lipping out a 10-foot bogey putt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2023
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
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