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
Walsh suggested to Sir Jeffrey that he had gone because it was "something you needed to nip in the bud".
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 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
Stepping in quickly to nip the embarrassment, Carrie’s foster parents brought her before the same municipal judge that had sent her mother, Emma, to Lynchburg.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
For decades, he supervised the coal conveyor belt that fed generators, breathing in dust and gas that "nipped his throat".
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
“You’ve stopped something growing. You’ve nipped it in the bud. You’ll never get it back, that moment, that shining morning face coming through the door.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Thierno Barry nipped in to equalise for Everton and the game changed.
From BBC ● May 19, 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
The jungle nipped at her confidence with each sudden screech or low growl.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
Before the conflict, Saudi Arabia was the world’s No. 1 crude-oil exporter, with the U.S. nipping at its heels after the yearslong boost in production following the shale revolution.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
He received support from Ali, whose three wickets were all batters bowled by the ball nipping down the Lord's slope.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
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
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
I was running for my life, the train nipping at my heels, but I was winning the race!
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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