gaff

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Also: Wendy’s “surge pricing” gaff had customers crying foul and Apple’s electric car has been scrapped.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2024

Ito rushed in with the gaff, helping to clear his way through the crowd.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2022

Kyle Schwarber’s base knock in the fifth broke up Woodruff’s no-hit bid, although the lineup couldn’t make up for Scherzer’s first-inning gaff.

From Washington Times • May 30, 2021

Fifty-three minutes later, and the fishermen had the tuna close enough to the boat to sink a gaff in it.

From Fox News • Feb. 19, 2020

They cut a stout pole from a young alder, lashed the gaff hook to it, and then stealthily approached the swift, cold river.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown