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Car campers appreciate the tools to accomplish any camp chore under the sun, from trimming kindling to fixing a balky camp stove.
GIFTS EVERY HIKER REALLY WANTSBACKPACKERNOVEMBER 19, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEGiven this city’s oversupply of fountains and water features that are balky, underperforming or in total disrepair, building another one to frame a performance stage makes little sense.
HOW A ROCK WALL AND POOL OF WATER HAVE THROWN A WRENCH INTO THE REDESIGN OF HIRSHHORN SCULPTURE GARDENPHILIP KENNICOTTAPRIL 16, 2021WASHINGTON POSTTake a closer look at the trackIf your door still feels balky, the track might be damaged.
HOW TO FIX A SLIDING DOOR WITHOUT TAKING IT DOWNJOHN KENNEDYMARCH 19, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEPeople across the country and throughout Maryland and Virginia have also struggled to secure vaccine appointments, due to a limited supply of shots and balky signup systems unable to handle demand.
D.C. CORONAVIRUS VACCINE REGISTRATION WEBSITE FALTERS AGAIN, DESPITE ASSURANCESMICHAEL BRICE-SADDLERMARCH 5, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe first task was overhauling America’s balky election infrastructure–in the middle of a pandemic.
THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE SHADOW CAMPAIGN THAT SAVED THE 2020 ELECTIONMOLLY BALLFEBRUARY 4, 2021TIMEThen suddenly around the corners of his under lip a little balky smile began to flicker.
MOLLY MAKE-BELIEVEELEANOR HALLOWELL ABBOTTIf the design of his craft was faulty and it proved “balky” when he attempted flight, he had only himself to blame.
THE ROMANCE OF AIRCRAFTLAWRENCE YARD SMITHFor nearly a score of years they pulled like a pair of balky horses--what time they were not doing the monkey and parrot act.
HAPPINESS AND MARRIAGEELIZABETH (JONES) TOWNEA balky team or a break in the harness requires prompt relief or all will be lost.
HOW MARCUS WHITMAN SAVED OREGONOLIVER W. NIXONHorses balky and unused to work, had to unhitch one and returned with but little drill.
AN ARTILLERYMAN'S DIARYJENKIN LLOYD JONESWORDS RELATED TO BALKY
- adverse
- anti
- antipathetic
- antipodal
- antipodean
- antithetical
- balky
- clashing
- conflicting
- contradictory
- contrariant
- contumacious
- converse
- counter
- diametric
- discordant
- dissentient
- dissident
- froward
- headstrong
- hostile
- inconsistent
- inimical
- insubordinate
- intractable
- negative
- nonconforming
- nonconformist
- obstinate
- opposed
- ornery
- paradoxical
- perverse
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- recusant
- refractory
- restive
- reverse
- stubborn
- unruly
- wayward
- wrongheaded
- adamant
- adamantine
- balky
- brassbound
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contumacious
- cussed
- determined
- die-hard
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- grim
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- implacable
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- intransigent
- iron
- mulish
- obdurate
- opinionated
- ornery
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- relentless
- remorseless
- rigid
- self-willed
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- steadfast
- stiff-necked
- tenacious
- tough
- unbendable
- unbending
- uncompliant
- uncompromising
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- untoward
- unyielding
- willful
- abrogating
- adverse
- against
- antagonistic
- anti
- balky
- colorless
- con
- contrary
- counteractive
- cynical
- denying
- detrimental
- disavowing
- dissentient
- dissenting
- gainsaying
- gloomy
- invalidating
- jaundiced
- naysaying
- neutralizing
- nugatory
- nullifying
- opposing
- pessimistic
- privative
- recusant
- refusing
- rejecting
- removed
- repugnant
- resisting
- resistive
- unaffirmative
- unenthusiastic
- unfavorable
- uninterested
- unwilling
- weak
- abrogating
- adverse
- against
- antagonistic
- anti
- balky
- colorless
- con
- contrary
- counteractive
- cynical
- denying
- detrimental
- disavowing
- dissentient
- dissenting
- gainsaying
- gloomy
- invalidating
- jaundiced
- naysaying
- neutralizing
- nugatory
- nullifying
- opposing
- pessimistic
- privative
- recusant
- refusing
- rejecting
- removed
- repugnant
- resisting
- resistive
- unaffirmative
- unenthusiastic
- unfavorable
- uninterested
- unwilling
- weak
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