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flak

[flak] / flæk /


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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

Which is why SJU brought him in, agreed to absorb the flak, and offered a shot at redemption.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

"We need to stop having conversations and start doing something as parents get a lot of flak but everyone is trying their best."

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

I pocketed the mace and put the flak vest on underneath my new shirt.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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