nipping
Example Sentences
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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
In 1986, broadcasters began scrambling their signals in hopes of nipping their losses in the BUDs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 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
It was a superb delivery from Archer, nipping away from round the wicket.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025
Immediately, the James Caird sprang ahead, with the Dudley Docker nipping along in its wake, but the Stancomb Wills fell farther and farther astern.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
