stiff
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For their part, the mass-market carmaker's executives say they are trying to adapt to the "reality" of stiff global competition.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Over time, regular resistance training can help lower blood pressure and keep arteries flexible rather than stiff, which protects against cardiovascular disease.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
In São Paulo, German manufacturer Harting, which produces heavy-duty industrial connectors, is running into stiff competition from Chinese manufacturers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Max , 32, chuckled Wednesday when informed of that wisecrack, conceding that he’s got some pretty stiff competition in his family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
I was so stiff that I felt I could lift right off the ground like a statue or something.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
Over two days, three judges at the Court of Appeal in Melbourne will hear two appeals: Patterson's attempt to overturn her conviction and the prosecution's demand for a stiffer sentence.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
The politicians also want to allow for stiffer fines against companies following a disaster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
There are more houses on the market than people looking to buy, she explained, which means sellers face stiffer competition, forcing them to lower prices.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Collagen normally gives tissue structure and strength, but excessive collagen can make a valve thicker and stiffer, changing its shape and movement.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
The cold makes the linoleum stiffer than usual.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Some of the stiffest competition at the Masters happens in the shops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
His penalty of life imprisonment without parole was the stiffest in New Zealand history.
From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026
As in other categories, the stiffest competition comes from ‘Severance’: Adam Scott, so compelling as the emotionally conflicted Mark S.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2025
The fixture list has served up the stiffest of Six Nations starts for England.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2025
Her body curled too; as the weeks turned to months, she shrank into herself like the stiffest of fetuses, shrivelling, her skin sallow and waxy.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
"He has the one lawyer who he had to pay in advance because he stiffs everybody," she said on Monday's edition of "The Five," referring to Trump's $3 million payment to defense attorney Chris Kise.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2023
Not that Mr. Kimbrough ever sought to play stiffs.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2023
Let’s say they’re stiffs and they’re stupid people, and they say, ‘Well, we really have no choice.’
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2022
That honor will always go to John Wooden, with his 10 national championships in an era when the tournament contained no stiffs, but only conference champions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2022
"Just between ourselves, Blore, and taking into account that we'll probably both be a couple of stiffs before another day is out, you did indulge in that spot of perjury, I suppose?"
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
The military and House staffers get stiffed next week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
DuBon had been stiffed on a painting job a few weeks earlier — an employer simply refused to pay — and started going to Casa Latina instead of Home Depot.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
Trump's closest ally and former personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, was among the slate of stiffed lawyers.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2023
But when he asked the court for reimbursement, he got stiffed.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2023
Eddie said, “And Mr. C. tells them if we aren’t the best band they’d ever had then they don’t have to pay. We haven’t been stiffed yet.”
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Any reform plan from a committee would still require lawmakers to cast a difficult vote exposing them to charges of overtaxing working Americans or stiffing retirees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“Under Musk’s control, Twitter has become a scofflaw, stiffing employees, landlords, vendors, and others,” says the lawsuit, filed in federal court in the Northern District of California.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024
And the Black content creators who, in a recent Washington Post article, accused the social media company of stiffing them?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2022
It also happened to be a gift to anyone stiffing Uncle Sam.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2022
“If you’re not getting commissions, Becker’s stiffing you.”
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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