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nipping

[nip-ing] / ˈnɪp ɪŋ /






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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

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

Microsoft currently holds the rank of the third-largest U.S. company, but can it maintain its lead with Alphabet nipping at its heels?

From MarketWatch • Nov. 19, 2025

Because Jofra Archer has that angle of nipping back towards the stumps, can he nip one away?

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

At the sight of the three of them nipping and rolling on the carpet, exhorting each other with socially useful phrases such as “Pass the salt, please!” and “May I take your umbrella?”

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood