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  • verb Present participle of stiff.

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Examples

  • Obama had been vigilant in stiffing inquiries by the Chicago Sun-Times over the course of the primary season, but he sat with them for 80 minutes as well, saying, "We want to put the sense that we're not being forthcoming behind us as quickly as possible."

    Mission Accomplished? - Real Clear Politics – TIME.com 2008

  • * Robert Rubin stiffing Brooksley Born on regulating derivatives.

    Matthew Yglesias » Causes of the Financial Crisis 2010

  • I think another explanation is that visitors to Dr. Helen are stunned by her thinking such as the idea of stiffing waiters to get back at BHO and briefly enter a catatonic state before they wake up and click away.

    "All hail Althouse!" Ann Althouse 2009

  • And lately, a troubling number of American politicians appear comfortable with the idea of stiffing the country's creditors.

    The Economist: Daily news and views 2011

  • As anticipated, people are warming up to the idea of stiffing their mortgage lenders.

    The Daily Reckoning Australia Bill Bonner 2010

  • As anticipated, people are warming up to the idea of stiffing their mortgage lenders.

    The Daily Reckoning Australia 2010

  • Secretary of Defense Robert Gates accused Iran of "stiffing" the international community in refusing to accept the third party enrichment deal and said it had paved the way for "significant additional sanctions."

    MyAntiwar.org 2009

  • Secretary of Defense Robert Gates accused Iran of "stiffing" the international community in refusing to accept the third party enrichment deal and said it had paved the way for "significant additional sanctions."

    MyAntiwar.org 2009

  • Secretary of Defense Robert Gates accused Iran of "stiffing" the international community in refusing to accept the third party enrichment deal and said it had paved the way for "significant additional sanctions."

    MyAntiwar.org 2009

  • Secretary of Defense Robert Gates accused Iran of "stiffing" the international community in refusing to accept the third party enrichment deal and said it had paved the way for "significant additional sanctions."

    MyAntiwar.org 2009

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