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- adjective
superlative form ofstiff : moststiff . Mostrigid , mostinflexible , mostunbending .
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Examples
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Mr. Stevens was already facing what the Washington Post calls his stiffest general-election challenge in Democratic Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich, and Capitol Hill was abuzz with speculation on what this could do for the Democrats 'ambition of winning a 60-seat majority.
New Global Dynamics 2008
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Former Worldcom CEO Bernie Ebbers is expected to appeal what's being called the stiffest sentence yet in a wave of recent corporate scandals.
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Of my bikes, the one that feels "stiffest" happens to be steel, despite the fact that it's "real" or should be "drawing circles" or whatever that Keo guy said.
BSNYC Product Review: Look 566 Road Bicycle BikeSnobNYC 2009
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We fail to understand how it makes any difference, as long as those scumbags are meted out the stiffest punishment possible.
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The iPhone is sure to see its stiffest competition to date from the soon-to-be-released BlackBerry Niagara, the Palm Pre and various Android devices.
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Wust's stiffest challenge came from Canada's Kristina Groves, who had taken the bronze in the 3,000.
Netherlands' Wust stuns host with gold in women's 1,500 2010
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The stiffest charge, missing movement, carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison and a dishonorable discharge.
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European Pressphoto Agency The budget negotiations are the stiffest political test yet for House Speaker John Boehner R., Ohio, seen emerging from a strategy meeting.
Budget Is Boehner's Big Test Janet Hook 2011
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Bottom line: The Xoom and Honeycomb are a promising pair that should give the iPad its stiffest competition.
Motorola's Xoom Starts Tablet Wars With iPad Walter S. Mossberg 2011
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He's not as flashy as Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki, who with Boston's J.D. Drew provides the stiffest competition.
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