kiting
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Origin of kiting
Example Sentences
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Moore had been right about the sport-kite business: he soon opened six stores in Missouri and Kansas, advertising in Stunt Kite Quarterly and other new publications devoted to the sport of kiting.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 13, 2019
Kite clubs around Seattle and Whidbey Island can help you get involved in group events — or check our list of top kiting spots and go solo.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2016
In the early 1990’s, Bankers Trust Company suspected that Madoff and a friend of his named Norman Levy had been kiting checks.
From Forbes ● Sep. 26, 2014
Lane wants to avoid the inevitable exposure of his glorified check kiting, and is ready to barter Mrs. Harris in the process.
From Slate ● May 29, 2012
The bank cannot lose through the kiting of clerks; only tellers who cash the kite can lose, and they know the "flyer" before taking a chance.
From A Canadian Bankclerk by J. P. Buschlen
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