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Apple has gotten some flak from critics on Wall Street who say the company hasn’t innovated enough in its smartphone business.

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But Townsend clearly feels that the flak he has received - after his side let slip a golden opportunity to beat the All Blacks and a 21-0 lead against the Pumas - has been unfair.

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The BBC is regularly used as political football, with the organisation facing flak for how it chooses to cover issues from climate change to Brexit.

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The bag's open top and sock-like structure also caught flak, with one X user saying: "no zip, no structure and considering how many thefts of iPhones there are these days... no security?"

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But Mamdani wasn’t the only one who took flak from the right.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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