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Andrew agreed the Welsh accent is trustworthy, but said he would have spotted Charlotte's duff Welsh accent from a mile off.

From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2025

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

Conditions today are on the cusp, he warns me as he grabs damp duff from beneath a stand of alders and stuffs it into a garbage bag.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 19, 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

Eight or more duffs were used for the beats, primarily supported by timpani and other percussion from a synthesizer and mandolins for the melody, along with further processed elements.

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

Berger duffs one out of the sand, and Koepka can’t scramble the par from the fringe.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2021

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

From The Verge ● Sep. 14, 2020

“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

"I'd boo me too," laughed The Open champion before he hurried and subsequently duffed the return.

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2025

He closed with a 71 for 6-under 282 and appeared to have the Open wrapped up when Costantino Rocca, needing birdie on the 18th hole to force a playoff, duffed a chip.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 9, 2022

He found water off the tee and duffed a chip which did not make it to the green but steadied himself sufficiently to reel off seven pars from there.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2020

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

Its position rather affected my follow-through, so that I duffed my stroke and lost the hole.

From The Complete Golfer by Harry Vardon

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

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

While they ought to be duffing up Macedonia at home, Croatia must negotiate a potentially awkward match in Wales, who could make life difficult for Igor Stimac's side.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 24, 2013

They just get a half-and-half sort of fellow that'll take low wages and make it up with duffing, and of course he's not likely to look very sharp after the back country.'

From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Rolf Boldrewood