nipping
Example Sentences
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Schiff led for much of last year with Porter nipping at his heels.
From Los Angeles Times
She's part of Gen Z, the folks who never knew a world without Elmo, the ones nipping at Millennial heels and chipping away at their relevance.
From Salon
Docherty's plan had worked a treat, punishing Hearts' insistence to play out from the back and nipping two goals from them.
From BBC
In fact, in the latest Times/Siena survey, nationally, she was winning 28 percent of the vote among Republicans who graduated from college, practically nipping at the heels of Mr. Trump’s 39 percent.
From New York Times
“You look at how well Houston has been playing, they were kind of nipping at our heels in the division, so this was a big game,” Lawrence said.
From Washington Times
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