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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
Justin Davidson, Curbed, 21 Aug. 2024
This is one more chink in the Fed’s armor, even if the rates do eventually converge.
—George Calhoun, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 24 Oct. 2024
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Noun
That’s something the city badly needs, especially now, when the forces of entropy seem ready to exploit any chink and crevice.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 21 Aug. 2024
This is one more chink in the Fed’s armor, even if the rates do eventually converge.
—George Calhoun, Forbes, 7 Oct. 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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chink
Noun
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Just ask these stars, all of whom struggled to produce against the All-Pro defensive back.—
Ryan McFadden,
The Denver Post,
11 Jan. 2025
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Free clothing Brooklyn Projects, a skateboard and clothing shop on Melrose, is providing free clothing, shoes and socks for victims who left their homes with nothing but the clothes on their backs.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Pop on the dust brush to sweep up pet hair on your sofa, or reach in between cushions with the help of the slim crevice tool for detailing.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
9 Jan. 2025
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Lots of attention to detail was required, as paint was caked in every crevice.—
Alyce Collins,
Newsweek,
24 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The couple dined on Taco Bell — one of Gomez’s favorite food places — and clinked champagne glasses while sitting on a picnic blanket.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
20 Dec. 2024
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The chaotic sounds of feet tapping, knives clinking, and electroshocks buzzing create anxiety throughout the film, but when Para One’s music plays, the film communicates that de Saint Phalle has reached a breakthrough.—
Sarah Belmont,
ARTnews.com,
17 Dec. 2024
Noun
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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
Noun
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On Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula, this is causing fissures to open in the curst, allowing lava to well up from a heat source deep in Earth's mantle.—
Tom Yulsman,
Discover Magazine,
31 Dec. 2024
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This easy, 2-mile loop wanders through clusters of tan, sandstone boulders, the most famous of which is Split Rock, a 20-foot tall, rounded boulder with a sinuous fissure right through its heart.—
Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
27 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The Decca Christmas Recordings jingles 19-15, surpassing its prior No. 17 high – and marking a new best rank for Lee over her 61-plus-year span of appearing on the chart.—
Jim Asker,
Billboard,
31 Dec. 2024
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Shoppers find last-minute Christmas gifts at area businesses Bells jingled on shop doors as people wandered in and out of stores searching for last-minute gifts on Christmas Eve in Northwest Arkansas.—
Gael Langdon,
arkansasonline.com,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Also neat is that half of the underbelly is ridged, for some added texture.—
Kristin Canning,
SELF,
9 Jan. 2025
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The result is a sordid yet realistic portrait of the underbelly of Seoul’s glamorous Gangnam district.—
Regina Kim,
Forbes,
19 Nov. 2024
Noun
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The internal rift helped push Trudeau to announce his resignation earlier this month.—
Sharyl Attkisson,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Jan. 2025
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Key Background Rumors of a rift developing between Lively and Baldoni started to emerge ahead of the film's premiere and were fueled by the press tour, during which the pair made no joint appearances (an odd arrangement for a film's star and its director and co-star).—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Chink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chink. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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