'stiff fight' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation or competition that is difficult, challenging, or intense. For example, you could say, "The half marathon was a stiff fight, but I was able to finish in the top ten."
The legislation still faces a stiff fight and a potential Democratic filibuster on the Senate floor.
Republican battalions brought up from La Muela de Sarrion and Mora de Rubielos put up a stiff fight from the San Cristobal heights.
Still, that has not prevented Monsanto, which is developing genetically modified wheat, and some farm groups opposed to the bill from putting up a stiff fight.
But the plan faces a stiff fight in the national convention's rules committee on Friday and perhaps on the convention floor next Monday.
This formula means that the sitting, or rather, absent Sinn Féin MP, Michelle Gildernew, now faces a stiff fight to hold on to the seat.
Some may have too great an emotional attachment to leave and others may be attracted by affordable rents in risky areas.And in the end, many places will put up a stiff fight.
If the newspapers and television decide that Mr Cameron is the coming man, Mr Davis could face a stiffer fight than seemed possible only a few days ago, especially if Mr Clarke's support transfers to the Cameron camp before the final round of voting.Mr Cameron is still a punt.
For President Obama such economic mediocrity spells extended deficits, a "jobless" recovery and, at best, a stiff reelection fight instead of the cakewalk that his perfect timing inaugurated at the exact bottom of the crisis deserves.
The shakes are smooth, not crunchy with ice crystals, and drinkable, not so stiff that they fight the straw.
Mr. Holt, a New Jersey freshman who faces a stiff re-election fight, is one of the beneficiaries, securing more than $18 million in road, dredging and bike path projects in his district.
But at 78 (Mr. Roth turns 79 in July) and facing a stiff re-election fight from Delaware's popular outgoing Democratic governor, Thomas R. Carper, Mr. Roth has become perhaps the Republicans' most vulnerable Senate candidate in campaign 2000.
