pip
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Hamilton benefited from that by leaving his run late and benefiting from the usual improvement in track conditions through qualifying to pip Leclerc by 0.064secs.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
They succeeded occasionally—Liverpool managed to pip him to a couple of championships—but Guardiola’s City took the title in six of the past eight years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Two seasons ago Spurs missed out on a Champions League place after losing their final home game 2-0 to Manchester City, who went on to win pip Arsenal to the Premier League title.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
Hatching typically takes 24 to 48 hours after the first pip, the nonprofit said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026
His foreman was a man defeated by his own pessimistic views, and his news was mostly a series of misfortunes: the strawberries froze, the chickens caught the pip, the grapes rotted.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Villa pulled off a real coup when they pipped Newcastle to Freiburg's 20-year-old midfielder Johan Manzambi, who was a stand-out performer for Switzerland at the World Cup.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Manzambi had an excellent tournament, and Villa pipped Newcastle to sign him.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Recent Glastonbury headliner Rodrigo pipped Ed Sheeran's = and Taylor Swift's Folklore to the top spot.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Until this year, the tightest margin of victory belonged to Al Unser, Jr., who pipped Scott Goodyear to the line by 0.043 seconds in 1992.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
I felt that when I pipped that mouflon.
From The Vanity Girl by Compton MacKenzie
McClenaghan won gold eight years ago, pipping England's Max Whitlock - who has been forced to withdraw from these Games with injury - before collecting silver in Birmingham four years ago.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Johnson had never claimed a podium spot in Cortina before Sunday but outshone the rest of the field from sixth on the starting list, pipping Germany's rising star Emma Aicher by just 0.04sec.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
Last year English post-punk band English Teacher won with their debut album "This Could Be Texas", pipping favourite Charli XCX.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025
That also applies to the Livingston native herself, thanks to her becoming Scotland's new UK 1500m champion after pipping Olympic silver medallist Laura Muir to the title in Birmingham.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025
As a rule it takes ducklings from 24 to 48 hours to hatch after the pipping first begins.
From Ducks and Geese by Harry M. Lamon
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