"stiff" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- In recent months, health insurers and managed care operators in both the New York City area and around Albany have been socked with unexpectedly stiff extra bills.
- Meanwhile, the unexpectedly stiff resistance on Saipan and the sortie of the Japanese Fleet had necessitated a delay in the landings on Guam.
- Scores Killed or Wounded The Yugoslav Army's four-day campaign to take over border crossings into Slovenia met unexpectedly stiff resistance from the republic's "territorial defense" force.
- But it was also recognized that the troops being sent were an insurance force that could be used in the invasion of Iraq if the opposition was unexpectedly stiff.
- A joint Polish-British-American force ran into unexpectedly stiff resistance, and it took several days to clear the Iraqi forces out.
- However, their attempt to storm Madrid had failed, in the face of unexpectedly stiff Republican resistance.
- But Mr. Milstein, whose brother, Edward, is also a partner in the deal, has faced unexpectedly stiff resistance.
- The source of the unexpectedly stiff resistance was unclear.
- Rummaging in the bottom of my backpack, my fingers travel over something unexpectedly stiff and furry.
- At a crucial moment during Ironclad, the main British landing force was held up west of Diego Suarez by unexpectedly stiff Vichy French resistance.
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