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is sipping

  • present progressive of sip (3rd person singular).

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Less than two miles away from this once grand looking building is The Malt Shovel pub on Anlaby Road, where Paul Renton is sipping his pint outside on the terrace under the midday sun.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2025

Song, 36, is sipping tea at a sunny corner table in the restaurant of a West Hollywood hotel along alongside the film’s star, Dakota Johnson.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2025

Meanwhile, he pocketed close to $50 million in salary courtesy of the Pac-12 and is sipping wine overlooking a sunset somewhere.

From Seattle Times Jul. 1, 2022

That experience is sipping through a soda straw in terms of the bandwidth with which you’re going to perceive the environment and other people.

From The Verge Dec. 14, 2021

Grandma Rose is sipping her tea slowly, and I can almost sense her counting to ten—advice she gives to argumentative Carver students.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins