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Recent Examples of biff
Noun
Nobody loves the old school biff more than me. Mike Meehall Wood, Forbes, 25 May 2021 Here are the best biffs: Between now and Saturday night, each of the 25 finalist robots will get one chance to run through the gauntlet. Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 5 June 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for biff
Noun
  • As its infectious message, hip hop hook, gentle-against-forceful thump, radiates further into the zeitgeist expect it be heard everywhere.
    Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 15 June 2025
  • The only noise was the low thump from a boombox in front of a boba shop.
    Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025
Verb
  • Crawford got ahold of an Alcala fastball, sending it off the scoreboard ribbon in right field and erasing a lead that the Twins had been protecting since the second inning when Wallner, in his first major league at-bat since April 15, smacked a two-run home run.
    Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 1 June 2025
  • With two outs and a runner on in the fourth, Tyler Fitzgerald smacked a fastball from Cabrera to left field.
    Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 1 June 2025
Noun
  • Then, the film falls with a thud, never to rise again.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
  • One struck a police cruiser with a thud, prompting a big cheer.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Verb
  • On Becoming a Guinea Fowl will hit streaming on Friday, July 4, making its linear debut on HBO on Monday, July 7 at 8:00 p.m. ET.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 18 June 2025
  • The 45-year-old was acquitted of charges stemming from her being accused of leaving her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, in the snow after hitting him with her car outside a party, and of leaving the scene of an accident, causing death.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Khan feared that delaying his departure beyond the deadline might have resulted in his wife and children being hauled off to a police station along with him, which would have been a blow to his family’s dignity.
    Elena Becatoros, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2025
  • The strikes were also a major blow to Iran’s chain of command, killing the nation’s top generals.
    Martín González Gómez, New York Times, 13 June 2025
Verb
  • The European Union has been working to strike a trade agreement with the US, conscious in particular of Trump’s recent threat to slap a 50% tariff on goods arriving from the bloc.
    Anna Cooban, CNN Money, 5 June 2025
  • Price hikes happened quickly after Trump slapped steep levies on trading partners, whether large or small.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Unlike most fruity orange sauces, the Pickled Prince version isn’t sugar-forward — kumquats have the perfect mixture of sweet punch and pucker to complement the habanero.
    Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
  • Rodgers could work wonders with a one-two punch of DK Metcalf and Watson.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
Verb
  • Usually, the kids ended up banging their heads on the surface, earning a headache rather than a shopping spree.
    Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 14 June 2025
  • Mookie Betts spent the first two months of the season banging his head against a wall, trying to figure out what was wrong with his swing.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 12 June 2025

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“Biff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biff. Accessed 21 Jun. 2025.

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