pip
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For most of the campaign he seemed destined to finish as the league's top scorer, only for Manchester City's Teddie Lamb to pip him in the final couple of games.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
But a final run on which he did two flying laps enabled him to pip Antonelli by 0.068 seconds and Russell whooped with delight on the radio after realising he had secured pole.
From BBC ● May 23, 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
Watchers on Saturday spotted what appeared to be a pip in the second egg.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2026
Kyle half expected the guy to say “pip pip, cheerio” or something.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli pipped Red Bull's Max Verstappen to pole position in a gripping qualifying session at the Monaco Grand Prix.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 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
Ultimately, Alsop and his team were pipped to the post by Kopke, but his 2025 video has nonetheless been viewed 12 million times.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Gordon Smith described the scenes at Celtic Park on Saturday, after the home side dramatically pipped Hearts to the Scottish Premiership, as "horrendous".
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
From its present defiant attitude in a cooked form we figured it had pipped the shell with a burglar's jimmy and joined the Dominecker Kid's gang before it shed its pin-feathers.
From From Place to Place by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)
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
After pipping the New York Yankees for the division title, they knocked out the Yankees in the AL division series, then rallied from 0-2 down to beat the Seattle Mariners in the AL championship series.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2025
Piastri, hoping to become the first Australian to win his home grand prix in F1, improved by a second, knocking Verstappen from the top, and Norris did even better, pipping his team-mate by 0.084secs.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 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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