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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
Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 20 Sep. 2024
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
Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 24 Oct. 2024
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Noun
But a chink of light appeared in the Israeli media today, noted The Guardian.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 20 Sep. 2024
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
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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First, she was spotted rocking the look, straight down her back, paired with hazel eye contacts, a pink pout and bedazzled eye corners.Larry Stansbury, Essence, 13 Dec. 2024
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An officer first shocked Johnson in his chest, then a second time in his back.Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2024
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The tower also hides the attachment tools (crevice and combination tools).Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
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As a smooth surface without crevices or grout, wallpaper is an easy-to-live-with finish that still delivers a powerful visual punch.Jamie Gold, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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And then Mangold and I clink our teacups together in a kind of homage to both Now, Voyager and to Bob Dylan, the man himself.Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
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The party guests—the artist-honorees and their partners, collectors, museum trustees, funders, and hangers-on—were clad in their finest evening attire, clinking champagne flutes and posing for pictures at a pre-dinner reception on The Shed’s fourth floor.Helen Holmes, ARTnews.com, 19 Nov. 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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On a recent Iceland expedition with National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions, my family, including my then six-year-old son, witnessed the horizon glow orange as a volcanic fissure erupted in the Reykjanes Peninsula.Kerry Spencer, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Dec. 2024
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Russia likely would try to deepen these fissures and sow further doubts, prompting some European countries to hedge, distancing themselves from the West.Elie Tenenbaum, Foreign Affairs, 3 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Clarkson’s tune jingles its way from No. 12 to No. 10, entering the top 10 for the first time, years after it was first released.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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This winter, tastemakers are jingling all the way with purses bedecked in handbag charms.Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 17 Dec. 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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News of her Barstool exit came less than a week after LaPaglia shared her side of the story regarding their friendship amid rumors of a rift between the pair on the BFFs podcast.Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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Costner — who announced from the show in June, amid long-standing rumors of a rift between him and Yellowstone creator Sheridan — did not appear in the episode where his character was killed off, nor the series finale.Michelle McGahan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Chink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chink. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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