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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
Robert Lea, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2024
Encouragingly for the rest, there are chinks in the Madrid armor to exploit.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 24 Oct. 2024
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Noun
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
Encouragingly for the rest, there are chinks in the Madrid armor to exploit.
—Henry Flynn, Forbes, 4 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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Defensive backs coach Aubrey Pleasant will interview with the Chicago Bears for their defensive coordinator job, McVay said.—
Gary Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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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
Noun
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Use the floor brush for stairs, the crevice tool for windowsills and couch cushions, and the dusting brush for dusty surfaces.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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Bake on the lower rack for 15 to 18 minutes, until brown in the highest spots and golden in the crevices.—
Kelly Brant,
arkansasonline.com,
14 Jan. 2025
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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The issue has already brought to light fissures within the party.—
Tami Luhby,
CNN,
17 Jan. 2025
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It was heralded by a swarm of earthquakes, and then the opening of fissures in the floor of the Halema'uma'u caldera.—
Tom Yulsman,
Discover Magazine,
31 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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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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The internal rift helped push Trudeau to announce his resignation earlier this month.—
Sharyl Attkisson,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Chink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chink. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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