flack

Example Sentences

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In the run-up to voting day, Bobi Wine has been campaigning across the country, often wearing a protective flack jacket and helmet.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

“If we’re too different, we’re gonna get flack for it. If we make ‘Doolittle’ part two, we’re gonna get flack for it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2025

When Geiger caught flack for prescribing food instead of drugs, he replied, “The last time I looked at my textbooks, the most specific therapy for malnutrition was food.”

From Salon • Jan. 9, 2025

Before they could speak more than a few words, a flack following the senator handed them business cards and told them to reach out to the office with any questions.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2024

Dale replied he’d had just about enough of setting by the shipping lane in soup fog for a dozen silvers, a few dogfish, a couple of hake, and what’s more taking flack off his radio.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson