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[lip] / lɪp /




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When she pronounced the sentence, Jester, now 6 feet 2, bowed his head, bit his lip and nodded.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 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

And he says leave that lip liner until last - it'll just "highlight how wonky your drawing skills are".

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

I drew in my lip and turned back to slicing the pork.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

It’s worth noting that Eatherly’s origin story comes only from Eatherly’s own lips.

From Slate Aug. 20, 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

At the end of the debut episode of “The Real Food Show,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spears a single bite of salmon cake and brings it to his lips.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

I just felt it, certain that when his eyes went down, they were a bit crinkled, or that his lips tipped up just a tiny bit.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

In a family fallout riddled with mistrust and rancour, the two camps stayed very tight lipped about the possibility of a meeting.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2025

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

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

Mickelson opened with a birdie on the par-5 first hole and had four more on the back nine, including a tap-in on 18 after lipping out for eagle.

From Seattle Times Nov. 11, 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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