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as in back
a vulnerable point
before the tournament she studied tapes of her chief rival, looking for the chink in her game
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Recent Examples of chink
Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 12 June 2024
The chinks in our backbone’s architecture are the shock-absorbing discs.
—Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2024
Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 24 Oct. 2024
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Noun
How is inflation changing consumer behavior? More affluent households, however, are showing some chinks in their financial armor.
—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 12 June 2024
The chinks in our backbone’s architecture are the shock-absorbing discs.
—Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2024
Verb
One of our challenges was thinking up a good chinking method that wouldn’t take an entire month.
—Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 24 Oct. 2024
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Noun
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At 6:30, Academy President Janet Yang begins the ceremony with a speech that Barry Keoghan, seated toward the back, amusingly talks through.Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
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Stop and perform ten lunges or squats with the pack on your back.Alyssa Ages, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
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The handheld attachment also comes with a crevice tool and dust brush for more precise cleaning.Clara McMahon, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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That is because the bacteria can hide in small crevices that water might not reach.Mustafa Fattah, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024
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With the sound of clinking wine glasses, tastes of inventive veggies, and the voice of an award-winning chef, the Courier Journal's new dinner series kicked off Sunday at a popular Highlands restaurant.Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024
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Tears flooded Ye’s eyes as the group clinked glasses of champagne at 9:30 a.m.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
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Almost straight from the restart, France pressured Argentina into a hurried clearance, and from there France went straight for the jugular.Jonathan Clegg, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2022
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Monica goes for the jugular, among other vulnerable body parts.Charles McNultyTheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022
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But then life did what life does, and all that youthful bravado leaked out through the lines in his face like steam through fissures in geothermal rock.Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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These fissures in platforms have happened across the board.Makena Kelly, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2024
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Cabello would have fit right in on the Rabanne spring 2025 runway, where dresses jingled and jangled down the catwalk, including one that scattered flakes of gold leaf as the model moved.Violet Goldstone, WWD, 26 Sep. 2024
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Shimmering dresses dripping with embellishments jingled their way down the majority of catwalks — bad news for fans of the French exit.Scarlett Conlon, CNN, 24 Sep. 2024
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Complex machinations in the underbelly of the Colosseum even allowed it to be filled with water to enact sea battles.Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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Propulsive and kind of terrifying, this is a brilliant examination of the underbelly of journalism and the people on the fringe of society who are willing to cross any moral boundary to find their brief time in the light.Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 June 2024
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The rift between Netanyahu and Gallent reportedly grew as the conflicts wore on, with Netanyahu favoring a response that relied more heavily on the military, whereas Gallant pushed for diplomacy.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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While the family largely agrees on politics, the bigger rift is sports.Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Chink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chink. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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