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It and other countries along NATO's eastern flank including Romania and Poland have suffered repeated incursions into their airspace.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

This opinion is echoed by the moderate flank of the liberal elite.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026

On Raman’s side, some contributors came from the left flank of Los Angeles while others were more establishment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

Earlier on in that move, Josh Abe played an important role carrying the ball up the pitch down the right flank.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

Whipping his bendy limbs about, Mr. Flux mounted the nearest Time Suck, digging his heels into its flank, forcing it into a run while he attempted another shot.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

It warned of hot volcanic debris flows down Fuego's slopes, with communities on the western and southern flanks at the greatest risk.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

The wide, elevated rift flanks predicted by the new simulations also appear in images captured by the Magellan probe during its 1990's mission.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026

Trout, their speckled flanks gleaming in the sun, gulped them down one by one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

The German's apparent fixation with a strategy of picking versatile defenders who can play on both flanks, along with central defenders who can fill in at full-back, has placed England in a tricky situation.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

The two cubs huddled together, their front paws intertwined, their heads and flanks pressed to each other.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks

His San Gregorio Polyptych, painted in 1473, depicts the Virgin Mary holding an infant Jesus Christ, flanked by St Gregory and St Benedict as well as several angels.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Flores was flanked by a phalanx of attorneys who represent him in both his civil and criminal cases as he arrived in a downtown courtroom to face the charges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Instead of proposing Waddingham as a Bond co-star, she’s the expertly skilled agent flanked by a best friend with an equally formidable intellect – the Moneypenny to her 007.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

Flores, wearing the same outfit with her blonde hair tied back, sat a few feet from him with the couple flanked by their lawyers.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

Clarence and Clement, the beefy twins who headed up security for the Lemoncello Library, marched into the Rotunda Reading Room flanked by six robotic carts loaded down with United States Postal Service mail bins.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

Kinjo says that reefs flanking his seaside farm consist entirely of corals he cultivated, with their natural peers "no longer able to keep up with a tremendous increase in stress" in the anthropogenically polluted ocean.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

The activity in question will come from the sculpture being directly alongside the building’s main cafe, with outdoor tables flanking the fountain’s edge, and just a stone’s throw from the W.M.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026

The two brothers were close, flanking their grandmother on the royal balcony or smiling on the sidelines of a polo match.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026

Terry Haines, founder of Pangaea Policy, an analysis and forecasting firm, called the Washington-Delhi deal "an answer to those thinking the EU is flanking or gaining speed on the US on trade."

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

But there, back there: masses of men, flags, two flags, flanking, moving down the line.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara