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But it has faced stiff competition in recent years from Luckin and other local brands that offer cheaper products.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Ms. Cho’s Ye-ji is sweetly ingratiating, earnest in her desire to capture the lives of working people, yet she has a self-congratulatory air and turns stiff when politely called to account for her own obliviousness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Smaller stocks will face stiff headwinds over the next four years.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Instead, the cell became too stiff and lost its ability to properly remove dying cells.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 5, 2026

I was exhausted even though we’d probably traveled only two miles after all of Nothing’s walking in the wrong direction, and my whole body was still stiff and sore from my fall.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

The pants, made from stiffer denim, proved to be slightly easier, and the robot finished the task in a little over a minute.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Participation grew more than 4% last year, and the organization is mulling additional programs to meet parents’ desire for what Wilson described as stiffer competition and “more reps.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Manchester United will experience far stiffer tests of their Champions League credentials than Sabah FK gave them at Old Trafford.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

It makes the ankle joint stiffer and can improve stability when the foot contacts the ground.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

“I tell you what. The competition gets stiffer every year.”

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

Here’s where the market could face the stiffest test.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

She had offers from England, Mexico and the United States, with sources close to the player stating Boston Legacy provided the stiffest competition.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

It turned out that some of the stiffest competition faced by the New Britain plant came from within Stanley itself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

Tarrant's penalty of life imprisonment without parole was the stiffest in New Zealand history.

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

A Welch High School display of plant fossils found in coal mines seemed our stiffest competition.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

"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

Iceland has achieved the holy grail for working stiffs: same pay for shorter hours.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2021

"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

Fresh Tape recently sued LIV, alleging that it had stiffed the Colorado-based small business to the tune of $1.2 million.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

Delvey says the monitor, imposed after she faked wire transfers, defrauded New York’s elite, and stiffed hotels and restaurants to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars, shouldn’t hinder her performance too much.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2024

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

But when he asked the court for reimbursement, he got stiffed.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2023

The biggest event Suffolk had seen in years was a traveling sideshow that came through town on the railroad tracks, with a stiffed whale in a boxcar.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

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

It also happened to be a gift to anyone stiffing Uncle Sam.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2022

“They are just stiffing everyone,” said Jayson Woodbridge, a California winemaker who had a reservation for a weeklong stay at the hotel to attend his daughter’s graduation in the area.

From New York Times ● May 11, 2022

But for every Ben and Jerry, there are countless Janes and Joes ticked off at their college roommate for stiffing them on a business loan.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2022

“If you’re not getting commissions, Becker’s stiffing you.”

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls