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nipping

[nip-ing] / ˈnɪp ɪŋ /






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"Probably on reflection I could have used swing more to set up the wobble seam, which might have just gone straight on rather than nipping," Potts says.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 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

SEOUL—The startup that is now one of a handful of chip makers nipping at the heels of Nvidia began in a hospital bed in Seoul a decade ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026

Frightful and I slept with the good frost nipping our faces.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George