Behind the ambulance, one of the paramedics is taking a quick nip of oxygen.

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Murrell's pinpoint chip to the right corner caught Briscoe napping, allowing Fox to nip in and poach a 14th try of the season.

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Sure, we carefully covered every inch of trim in a heavy moving blanket beforehand, lest some sharp bit of bike drivetrain nip at the Targa's interior, but the point is, we did it, and even drove home with our Italian cargo and our loaner German hauler both arriving unscathed.

FORBES: Test Drives

Users keen on the Tudors can nip from the palace at Hampton Court to a 1560 map of Civitas Londinium, and learn about Thomas Cromwell against the music of madrigals.

ECONOMIST: A multimedia compendium of 2,000 years

To spot where banks and other financial institutions are collectively taking excessive risks - and nip such recklessness in the bud before it causes a devastating crash of the sort we saw in 2007-8.

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It also enables authorities to monitor outbreaks of bird flu for the dangerous mutations and so nip a potential epidemic in the bud.

ECONOMIST: Flu research and public safety

"There's a lot of veteran guys in here, and they're better about communicating and addressing stuff to nip it in the bud right away, " Shumpert said.

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