nip
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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
"He'd take the new ball, click into third gear, swing and nip it, put it on a sixpence," says Baker.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 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
The original cut had a looser, traditional fit, but I’d asked Ma to nip in the waist and narrow the sleeves a tad.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
It was nipped in the bud by the court, which weighed in to uphold a lower court's ruling.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Thierno Barry nipped in to equalise for Everton and the game changed.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
“Like many people in this room can understand, we nipped the SAG and now it’s just the Actor Awards.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026
Hilton Worldwide Holdings appeared earlier this month to have nipped a similar public-relations crisis in the bud.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
With a loud squawk, he bobbed his head and playfully nipped at the blanket I had spread across my lap.
From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis
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
When she couldn't control what she was eating, Kildunne would exercise to compensate, nipping out for runs to 'earn' the meal friends were about to serve her.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 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 White Lotus” carried six nominations into the ceremony, with streaming hits like “Adolescence” and “Severance” nipping at its heels.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 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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