balk
Example Sentences
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Still, some travelers hope that if enough consumers balk at paying add-on fees by opting for fewer extras or by forgoing air travel altogether, airlines may eventually walk those fees back — to some degree.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
But then came a balk that scored the winning run in El Camino Real’s 1-0 victory.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
But still, many residents balk at the sight of their pavement space being taken away.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
Some companies balk at the cost of automation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
There were two main horrors to which it was subject, the first of which was toe horror peculiar to all balls of string—that they invariably became tangles instead of balk.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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