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Recent Examples of lippy
Fortunes have been made surveying drivers about vehicle features that don't work, but there's no data on how other drivers react to lippy virtual assistants.
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Mark Phelan, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
While walking Vogue through her 16-step skin-care and makeup routine, the rising pop star shares a lippy secret.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2024
Yura picked up his bag, walked out into the vestibule, the lippy man now gone, and took his place next to three women of various ages: an old woman, a full-figured middle-aged woman, and a young girl.
—Vladimir Sorokin, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021
Epp cross-pollinates these tragedies with those of a lippy 11-year-old girl, abandoned and stranded on her roof during the Nebraska floods of 2019.
—Dominic P. Papatola, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2019
Giles was challenged daily in practice last fall by LSU's confident, lippy secondary, led by cornerbacks Donte Jackson and Greedy Williams and safety Kevin Toliver II.
—Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com, 14 Mar. 2018
That was also accompanied by lippy attitude from the cabbie when challenged.
—Pat Lenhoff, chicagotribune.com, 16 June 2017
Mark Phelan, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
While walking Vogue through her 16-step skin-care and makeup routine, the rising pop star shares a lippy secret.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2024
Yura picked up his bag, walked out into the vestibule, the lippy man now gone, and took his place next to three women of various ages: an old woman, a full-figured middle-aged woman, and a young girl.
—Vladimir Sorokin, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021
Epp cross-pollinates these tragedies with those of a lippy 11-year-old girl, abandoned and stranded on her roof during the Nebraska floods of 2019.
—Dominic P. Papatola, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2019
Giles was challenged daily in practice last fall by LSU's confident, lippy secondary, led by cornerbacks Donte Jackson and Greedy Williams and safety Kevin Toliver II.
—Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com, 14 Mar. 2018
That was also accompanied by lippy attitude from the cabbie when challenged.
—Pat Lenhoff, chicagotribune.com, 16 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lippy
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Listen to this article 4 min Heidi Klum (Getty Images) Heidi Klum posted a cheeky Instagram reel of herself tanning topless poolside on a lounge chair, wearing nothing but a pair of black bikini bottoms.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
3 May 2025
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The Twilight hat serves as a cheeky nod to Lawrence's personal history with the franchise.—
Starr Bowenbank,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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That characteristically sassy response was all Karen, Grammer notes.—
Brianne Tracy,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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Tour is for everyone, so bring your friends, coworkers, partners, and those sassy grannies, and join me for an unforgettable night.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2025
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For saucy dishes that typically call for jasmine rice, basmati can be used as an alternative.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
11 May 2025
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More than a century later, Heinz is far from the only saucy bean in the game.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 May 2025
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The brand recommends working it into your wash routine as needed to target brassy strands, and leaving it in for approximately one to three minutes before rinsing to experience the full effects.—
Victoria Moorhouse,
Glamour,
18 Apr. 2025
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Dualing coaster Stardust Racers will operate without a lit track at night to create a stronger feeling of a shooting comet while flipping its soundtrack from the daytime’s brassy sound that imbues adventure and going to the races with a celestial, synthy nighttime energy.—
Abbey White,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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The brazen shooting of Thompson, in Midtown Manhattan, captured international attention and surfaced deep public resentment toward the healthcare industry.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
15 May 2025
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That theft is believed to have led to the brazen kidnapping in suburban Connecticut of the parents of one of Lam’s alleged co-conspirators by a crew of thugs from Florida who prosecutors say planned to hold the parents for ransom from their newly rich son.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
15 May 2025
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One chord appears to speak to the other, sounding almost impudent in their simplicity, equal parts ecstatic and heartbreakingly melancholic.—
Sam Davies,
Rolling Stone,
10 Mar. 2025
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In short, Moscow sees Montenegro as both strategically valuable and an impudent upstart that has thumbed its nose at the Russian bear while genuflecting before NATO and Washington.—
Edward P. Joseph,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Dec. 2016
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One’s insolent, calling him lame and old, and the other affectedly infantile, but both are exhausting in their own way.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2025
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The government, in an insolent filing on Sunday evening, rewrote that instruction.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Lives Lived: As president of Uruguay, José Mujica, a former leftist guerrilla fighter, was known for his brash charisma and his modest way of life.—
Eric Lipton,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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Unfortunately, the brash striker, who might be best known for using a homophobic slur during a post-fight speech, could not back up his talk.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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“Lippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lippy. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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