balk
Example Sentences
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While Exxon Mobil balked at the idea of returning to a country that twice nationalized its assets, the oil-field service firms that work with national oil companies and Texas wildcatters alike are raring to go.
Japan’s long-bond yields surged to record highs on Tuesday, pushing up global borrowing costs, as investors balked at the prospect of tax cuts and a sharp increase in government spending.
From MarketWatch
On Friday, Mulholland balked at being forced to share search data and syndication services with rivals as she justified the request for a halt to implementing the orders.
From BBC
He balked at Freud’s insistence that patients needed years of near-daily sessions on an analyst’s couch, arguing that an hour or two a week in a comfortable chair could do just as much good.
From Los Angeles Times
Before launching the program in 2019, Goldman and Apple agreed to unusual terms that other banks balked at taking over.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
