pip
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Kylian Mbappe is still the star turn and will continue his bid to pip Argentina's Lionel Messi to both the Golden Boot and title of all-time top scorer in World Cup tournaments.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 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
Observers spotted what appeared to be a pip — or breach in the eggshell — on Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026
Schjelderup drilled in his second early in the second period, although Real pulled one back through Mbappe, leaving Benfica needing to score again to pip Marseille to the last play-off spot.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 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
And in 2012, it pipped United to its first Premier League title.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Actor Will Mellor has come a surprise second in the World Gurning Championships, pipped to the main prize by local man Ged Eccles who had come close but never before won.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Despite being overhauled and pipped to silver by her team-mate in a dramatic finish, Hodgkinson celebrated together with Hunter Bell on the track.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 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
You remember that when I got pipped in France in '15, they sent me out next time to Salonica.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 17, 1920 by Various
Russell ended a run of three successive pole positions for team-mate Antonelli by pipping him in Montreal.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
Spaniard Alcaraz had the edge over Sinner over the course of the season, winning four of their six match-ups, which all decided top-level tournaments, and pipping his rival to the year-end world number one spot.
From Barron's ● Nov. 16, 2025
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
Oh, Lucina, 'twill be ripping When we hear the eggs all pipping!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 7, 1917 by Various
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