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Recent Examples of pipped
Vollering and Niewadoma-Phinney have their own rivalry, the Polish rider having pipped Vollering to the 2024 Tour de France Femmes by just four seconds.
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Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
Since then, Arsenal has flirted with a series of agonizing near misses, most notably pipped at the post by Manchester City in the 2022-23 and 2023-24 Premier League campaigns.
—Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
Machado pipped Trump to the award, who had relentlessly campaigned to win the prize himself, alongside a number of political allies including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
Since then, Arsenal has flirted with a series of agonizing near misses, most notably pipped at the post by Manchester City in the 2022-23 and 2023-24 Premier League campaigns.
—Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
Machado pipped Trump to the award, who had relentlessly campaigned to win the prize himself, alongside a number of political allies including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pipped
chirped
Verb
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Birds chirped and neighbors emerged from hibernation, exchanging greetings after months indoors.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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Other small birds chirped and tweeted across the sky.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Pipped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pipped. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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