stingy
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“Definitely turning the ball over, clean that up. Being stingy with the ball, being able to get the ball in playmakers’ hands and just continue to stay on the same page and move as one.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Those on big wages not paying their way may seem stingy.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
She details the exhausting effort of disputing her partner’s medical claims with insurance companies, which required her to navigate, in her words, “a stingy and Kafkaesque system of financial and social support.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Companies have bought back gobs of stock while turning stingy on dividends—they like that buybacks don’t require an ongoing commitment.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Colton might be stingy with words sometimes, but he sure chose the right ones when it counted.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
When employers cut jobs because of weak demand, they typically also become stingier with wages for those who remain employed.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
They got stingier on third down — 106th nationally to 21st — and in the red zone — 119th to 69th.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026
That’s because the charitable deduction is getting slightly stingier next year for wealthy households that itemize.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2025
The stocks of companies that invested the most no longer fell behind those of stingier companies, but didn’t beat them by much either.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025
“Or maybe they got rich by being stingier, so they’ll pay less,” Muthu said.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
The Colorado Avalanche rode swagger, poise and the league’s stingiest goaltender to the best record in the NHL this season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
And the defense morphed into the stingiest unit in the entire sport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
Goods were auctioned off for a fraction of their value, and owners sometimes took even the stingiest offers just to realize some cash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025
The Titans came in with the NFL’s stingiest unit inside the red zone, allowing TDs on only 37.25% of such drives.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 25, 2023
Whose whims had been taken seriously by adults and who grew up to be the stingiest, greediest people on earth and out of their stinginess grew their stingy little love that ate everything in sight.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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