flak
Example Sentences
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The men—identified in the video as Nepalese and Ukrainian ex-military—are carrying AK-47-style assault rifles, ammunition, flak jackets and military helmets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 16, 2026
Particularly at the trial level, they’re just getting so much incoming flak, and it makes it a very different job.
From Slate ● May 12, 2026
Microsoft is among the data-center developers catching flak for lofty capital expenditures in the face of the data-center buildout.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
Bonus points caught some flak at the end of the Six Nations.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
When he went to bed alone, he dodged flak over Bologna again in a dream, with Aarfy hanging over his shoulder abominably in the plane with a bloated sordid leer.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing flak
The Things They Carried
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