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
She says she'd rather have us come home after the show than go kiting round like this.
From Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole by Fannie Hurst
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