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Millett testified that the acceleration could have been caused by Linton’s leg going stiff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

On the visionary west wall, a gray-hatted Ludovico, in stiff profile, encounters his young son Francesco, made a cardinal at age 17.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

“It used to be a fairly stiff competition for the worst chief of staff in history,” according to Chris Whipple, author of “The Gatekeepers,” the definitive book on the subject, “but Meadows absolutely owns it.”

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

Removing it made the membrane less stiff and more fluid.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

My new clothes felt stiff and strange after a summer spent in overalls, but they looked fine, thanks to Aunt Pretty.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

Bass also said she had earlier signed legislation initiated by Councilmember Monica Rodriguez to speed the process of cracking down on negligent property owners and to hit them with stiffer penalties.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 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

"Primary tumors are typically stiffer than their surrounding tissue," said Tharp, assistant professor in the Cancer Metabolism and Microenvironment Program at the Sanford Burnham Prebys NCI-Designated Cancer Center.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

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

Bobby won a series of contests against weaker players, but as he progressed up the tournament ladder, he confronted stiffer opposition and started to lose.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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

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

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

The gorgeous young Ivy Leaguers in his ads seem the epitome of privilege — more privileged, certainly, than the working stiffs actually meant to buy the clothing being pitched.

From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 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

These are the “private investors” who would get stiffed if Ivanpah were to shut down due to the project’s minimal asset salvage value and the sizable Energy Department loan standing first in the recovery line.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 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

Thousands of private vendors who supplied the state with goods and services got stiffed after July 1.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2023

He has taken away people’s jobs and reportedly stiffed much smaller businesses on payments.

From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2023

The birds stiffed in the rafters, and finally even Grenn began to chuckle.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

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

“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

One of them, you might say, was Hollywood’s most notorious tightwad, staving off the terror of poverty by stiffing servants and handing houseguests itemized bills.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 28, 2020

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

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls