nip
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“We just saw the beginning of that resurgence and we don’t want to nip that in the bud,” Zbur said in an interview.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
As competitors nip at their heels, OpenAI and Anthropic have been spurred to increase investment in both engineers and data-center access at the expense of profitability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Shelter workers mentioned a previous bite but characterized it as a nip at the heels and “not a big deal,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
This is why a lot of Jews want to nip that rhetoric in the bud.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2025
When she started walking toward them, she felt a sharp nip on her ear.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
It was nipped in the bud by the court, which weighed in to uphold a lower court's ruling.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
I nipped out before the lunchtime rush and my first impression was "it's massive" followed swiftly by "how much?"
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Karia doesn’t skimp on it, but then again, neither did Shakespeare, and the film is faithful, even if nipped and tucked for running time’s sake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
Had a military coup been nipped in the bud?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
The beak ain’t a scary thing at all, like being nipped by a goose, but Manchee’s having none of it, leaping outta the way and barking, barking, barking.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
The intrusion was first detected by Hugging Face last week, when it noticed tens of thousands of AIs nipping at its system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Rumbling in from the Nursery End, nipping the ball down the slope to left-hander Devon Conway.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Without competition nipping at its heels, Bell Labs engineers had the luxury of working out difficult ideas over decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
Claude-maker Anthropic has OpenAI, Google's Gemini and even Grok from xAI nipping at its heels in the market for professional AI.
From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026
The kits tumbled about her feet, yelping and nipping at each other, too young to listen.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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