biff
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On the first point: MoviePass’ old management did indeed biff it spectacularly.
From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2023
They could biff three and still embarrass the rest of the world.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2016
Unlike Surrey's bowlers sitting on a big first innings lead at Lord's, Andrew Gale's attack were rested and had enjoyed a bit of biff with the bat.
From The Guardian ● May 7, 2013
Saturday's John Tessier sang with the subtler artistry, whereas the strong-voiced Jonathan Boyd was insistently loud and tended to biff out accents too emphatically.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2011
I kind of dodged down behind the head; when she struck it was biff, and she jumped about twenty feet up straight.
From The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories by Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton)
But Seattle couldn’t turn it into a first down, as Hauschka biffs a 46-yard field-goal attempt.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2014
As we talk, Cleobury biffs out a few chords of the Mozart Requiem and then some from Handel's Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline to suggest that Mozart may have "borrowed" from his predecessor.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 19, 2012
I took note this episode of how difficult it was to be a doctor in 1919, thanks to Dr. Clarkson’s plentiful biffs and boners.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2012
Instead, captain and vice-captain took it on, as they should: a couple of biffs from Strauss and one streaky one from Alastair Cook and the job was done.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 20, 2010
An’ he looks at Ou’ Wolf an’ he looks round agen, an’ he yumps an’ he biffs a scorpion what he sees him wriggle his tail out from under a stone.
From Old Hendrik's Tales by Vaughan, Arthur Owen
The event closed with the more appropriate “God Bless America” and “America the Beautiful,” but the keyboardist biffed the intro to the first and the singer strangled the final note of the second.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2020
By the middle of the tournament she had beaten a Grand Slam champion, Sam Stosur, and in the quarter-finals she biffed a player who had once been world number one, Caroline Wozniacki.
From Reuters ● May 23, 2019
But when he got to the rim, he biffed layups that he usually makes.
From Slate ● May 26, 2016
Usually, it’s pilot error, as with the guy in Colorado who got biffed off his snowmobile by an avalanche that he caused.
From BusinessWeek ● Mar. 13, 2014
I own up I was surprised when I heard how the Porters had biffed him.
From Rival Pitchers of Oakdale by Scott, Morgan
Whether Pittsburgh’s vision also involved its place-kicker biffing an extra point and Baltimore missing a game-winning 44-yard field goal as time expired—it was a very difficult night for the human foot—he did not say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
His response since has been hearteningly uncowed: his upright, biffing style has brought eye-catching scores of 41 off 30 balls against Kings XI Punjab and a double-quick 30 against Chennai Super Kings.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2010
In World War I we rallied round the goal of biffing Kaiser Bill, the symbol of all that was hateful about Germany.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Okay, living, breathing human being,” he says, biffing her lightly on the shoulder.
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
"Shall we try it again, angel voice?" asked Mr. Mackintosh, playing the piano, or "biffing the ivories," as he called it.
From A Man and His Money by Isham, Frederic Stewart
