balk

When Hank answers the door in a ski mask, Aaron doesn’t balk.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026

As competition with Anthropic heats up, and customers balk at the cost of using its products, OpenAI is reportedly considering whether to slash the fees charged for its AI tokens.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

Dickens’s readers balk at his use of caricature and coincidence, but as Mr. Keefe shows, both are appropriate for a money-mad city full of affluence and anonymity, weird proximities and sudden death.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

Inflows to private funds could dry up in coming months as wealth managers balk at committing client cash to them, given negative headlines about private credit and the ability to buy similar cheaper public funds.

From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026

Kaz had expected the boy to balk at the idea of being tailored to look like Kuwei.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

Glushon balks at many of Raman’s positions, including her opposition to a law that allows the city to ban homeless people from the streets near schools.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026

The rich guy who balks at financing Marty’s signature line of orange ping-pong balls?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025

But, Bessent warned, if Beijing balks, the United States has "lots of levers" to retaliate.

From Barron's ● Nov. 16, 2025

When Swift says, for example, that industry trades said her re-recordings were “a bad idea” that “nobody would be interested in,” neither Kelce balks despite the statement being unfounded.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2025

Then—Trini balks and plunges away dragging the plow, bellowing.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads

But even after the studio won a bidding war for the story, it balked at coughing up the money for a movie worthy of Madonna’s legacy.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

As the two discussed Mexico’s probability of advancing in the knockout stages of World Cup, Hernández balked back with his now famous phrase: “Imaginémonos cosas chingonas!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

Davis said he tussled with Manilow, who balked at recording cover songs, wanting instead to write music himself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Most mega-producers likely would have balked at my less-than-robust résumé, but Ryan is someone who moves instinctively and decisively, and after our meeting, he offered me the chance to write the show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

Exercising extreme caution, I continued descending the tightrope of the ridge, but fifty feet above the oxygen cache the rope ended, and I balked at going farther without gas.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

Companies tried to pass along their own price increases to customers, but customers were balking.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

Demand is strong and consumers aren’t balking at higher fares, plus it’s cutting capacity to mitigate the impact of higher fuel prices.

From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026

Some of the savviest tech users are also balking at sticking around for the AI upheaval.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026

Customers were balking after a string of price increases.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2026

But the cart was done with stuttering and balking.

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo