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At a parlous 51-3 England were vulnerable, but Bethell and Brook initially appeared assured only for things to unravel via a duff pull shot and slash to backward point on 18 and 34 respectively.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2025

But something transformative occurs in a primordial world where a sorrel-carpeted floor and waist-high sword ferns surround towering redwoods, where duff from the needles floats above the understory like soft snow.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 1, 2023

The duff — needles, branches and other plant detritus — is 2 to 3 feet deep in some parts of the Angeles National Forest, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2022

Fire can smolder below the surface in the duff for weeks.

From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2022

Out under the trees, some rangers had found enough duff and dry wood to start a fire beneath a slanting ridge of slate.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

In recording “Naatu Naatu,” Keeravani used duffs, an Indian skin drum held with the hands.

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2023

But, perhaps most importantly, she’s here to remind others to get off their duffs and out into the world, no matter their ages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2021

But nobody will ever discover those capabilities if Siri duffs the basics on an equally regular basis.

From The Verge ● Sep. 14, 2020

But it’s likely to boost CrossFit studio memberships much in the same way that “The Biggest Loser” inspired couch potatoes to get off their duffs and join a gym.

From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2019

“We aren’t just going to sit around on our fat duffs and do nothing, are we?”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

"Once I'd duffed that chip on to the green at 18 to about eight feet, I felt pretty safe from there," he said with a smile.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025

“Out here, I chunked my chip and some guy was like, ‘Dang, he duffed it.’

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 4, 2021

My only real concern was when they duffed a shot a few yards into the infield and instinctively chased after it, narrowly avoiding shanked 8-irons that screamed by their heads.

From Golf Digest ● Jun. 16, 2019

Baseball players are better prepared to deal with objects flying in their general direction, though we’d probably see far more errant pitches and duffed fly balls in a slingshot-addled pastime.

From Slate ● May 29, 2018

I ought to have duffed in harder on the blamed code.

From Walter and the Wireless by William F. (William Frederick) Stecher

BROADCASTER: He went into his previous Masters duffing chips all over the place, yet he was fine when he got there, so you can never tell with him.

From Golf Digest ● Mar. 13, 2018

He can’t make it nine consecutive points on his serve, duffing another lob into the net, but he holds to 15 with a booming ace down the middle.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2016

When they got down to hitting a golf ball, Fowler was the first to cock it up, duffing his greenside chip to gift the best player in the world first blood after just five minutes.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 28, 2014

England's agony has gone on, day after day, like that same golfer being forced to play round after failing round, an Open every week, duffing drives and missing putts, swing in pieces, galleries guffawing.

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2013

You ought to have had Laertes instead of that duffing Merivale.

From Stories by American Authors, Volume 1 by Various