nip
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This is why a lot of Jews want to nip that rhetoric in the bud.
From Slate • Dec. 19, 2025
On some days, Blanchard will nip over to a local park with a metal detector in hopes of finding lost gold jewelry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
She said that if managers employed people who did not know how to behave, they had a responsibility to take them to one side, and nip issues in the bud as soon as possible.
From BBC • Jul. 9, 2025
There he would attack the top of off stump with pace and nip while putting the variations on the back burner, as he would with the red ball.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025
It would mean a lot to me if you’d nip down for the burial later this evening.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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