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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
Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Though 2024 didn't deliver a more conclusive answer to this mystery than any of the 25 years before it, a significant chink has appeared in the armor of dark energy, a tantalizing hint that could put scientists on the right path to solving this pressing cosmological puzzle.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 24 Oct. 2024
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Noun
His perfect armor will begin to exhibit chinks at some time, and his infallibility will become exactly the opposite.
—Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
Though 2024 didn't deliver a more conclusive answer to this mystery than any of the 25 years before it, a significant chink has appeared in the armor of dark energy, a tantalizing hint that could put scientists on the right path to solving this pressing cosmological puzzle.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 31 Dec. 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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For now, the group looks thin with just one experienced runner after two backs transferred out.—
Mitch Sherman,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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This one's been updated with a slimmer build, a more secure fit for the magnetic pen, and a stronger back clip to attach it to bags and clothing.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Finding sand in every crevice of your home after the beach is a universal experience.—
Olivia Bria,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Feb. 2025
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His own house is a virtuoso assemblage of warm and airy rooms slipped in among the crevices of Rustic Canyon.—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The 27-year-old gold medalist then shared a photo of herself and Owens clinking champagne flutes with a hotel suite in the background.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
18 Feb. 2025
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Swift was seen on camera clinking champagne glasses with Beyoncé's husband, Jay-Z, after the Cowboy Carter artist accepted her Grammy onstage on Feb. 2.—
Lindsay Kimble,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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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The study provides unprecedented detail of the distribution of crevasses at different elevations of the ice sheet, and how the fissures and their distribution have been changing, Colgan said.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
3 Feb. 2025
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The fate of TikTok will determine the size of media and tech's deepening fissure.—
Hope King,
Axios,
30 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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Roger Ebert famously panned it, though other critics hailed it as a brave and unsparing look at the underbelly of small-town ordinariness.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC News,
16 Jan. 2025
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It’s been restored from the original camera negative, making the story of Travis Bickle’s journey through the underbelly of New York City grittier and more tactile than ever before.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
26 Nov. 2024
Noun
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The speech underscored a widening three-way rift over the future of the technology — one that critics warn could either cement human progress for generations or set the stage for its downfall.—
Thomas Adamson and Aamer Madhani,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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The irony is Hurry Up Tomorrow, a long-gestating project for Tesfaye and Jenna Ortega, may have sparked a rift between the late Euphoria producer Kevin Turen and Levinson.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Chink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chink. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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