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• n  a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention
• n  a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth
• v  check the growth or development of
  You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles
• v  perform a stunt or stunts

• I suppose I'm stretching the definition of "stunt-casting" here, as it only qualifies as a stunt to those who know the guy being cast, but for a handful of us, this is awesome .
• Like That's Incredible!, Games invariably winds up with a harrowing stunt designed to stir even the most hardened disaster freaks.
• Their whirling, exhausting, body-punishing stunt scenes tested an audience's credulity; surely real people were incapable of these athletic graces.

News & Articles

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• Angelina Jolie's Stunt Double Files First Phone Hacking Suit In U.S. Against News Corp.
  In the end, it took a former gladiator-turned-stunt woman to catapult News Corp.’s ( NWS ) U.K. Phone hacking scandal across the Atlantic and into U.S. courts.
  June 20, 2013 - BusinessWeek
• Angelina Jolie stunt double sues News Corp over hacking
  (Reuters) - A stunt double for Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie has sued News Corp over allegations its British newspapers hacked her phone, the first lawsuit in the United States against the company since a hacking scandal broke out two years ago. The lawsuit filed on June 13 by professional stunt double, Eunice Huthart, said reporters from News Corp's tabloids The Sun and the defunct News ...
  June 18, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Stunt double for Angelina Jolie sues News Corp. over alleged phone hacking; 1st case in US
  LOS ANGELES — A woman who worked as a stunt double for Angelina Jolie has sued Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. in Los Angeles, claiming she's a victim of a phone hacking scheme to obtain information about the actress.
  June 18, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune

Quotes

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• Diablo Cody in Guardian Unlimited
  They're using me to publicize their stupid shoes and NOBODY ASKED ME,Cody wrote on her MySpace blog Friday. "I would never consent to a lame publicity stunt at a time when I already want to hide."
• James Clyburn in Washington Post
  This is not a partisan stunt; I do not participate in partisan stunts,responded Jim Clyburn (SC), the Democratic whip.
• Sylvester Stallone in Musicrooms.net
  Speaking about the film, he told Britain's Total Film magazine: "This is the hardest film I've ever worked on. Man, it was seven guys, kicking each other's a**, one guy tougher than the next. No joke, our stunt guys were begging for mercy. My fight...