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flank

[flangk] / flæŋk /
NOUN
haunch of an animate being
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Hall holds the width on the flank with Gordon in-field.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

It is also a partner of Baltic and Nordic nations in protecting the northern flank of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization that runs through the Arctic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

With Yang Hyun-jun still on Asian Games duty with South Korea, Sebastian Tounekti and James Forrest have both been used on Celtic's left flank.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

In recent months, states across NATO's eastern flank have faced a raft of hostile actions from Moscow and Minsk ranging from drone incursions to cyberattacks.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

In the fields, nothing moved except the constantly swishing tails of the cows gathered flank to flank in the shade.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

The gates blocking it, and the security checkpoints along its flanks, will dramatically limit the public’s desire to enter, and change the tenor and experience of a space that should feel porous and inclusive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

For a Rangers side crying out for attacking guile and inventiveness on the flanks, Curtis being limited to just eight minutes in their Premiership opener against United was surprising.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

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

Arrows skipped and snapped harmlessly about the triple hide of his flanks.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Standing at the lectern, flanked by more than 10 others in support, the woman called for the school district to provide more security at Franklin High School to prevent another fatal tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Their dreams are closely flanked by their disenchantments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Herzog impresses this notion from the very beginning: A dream shared by Joan and Jean, in which the sisters stand in a corridor flanked by caged birds.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

They were flanked by seven security guards and other staff and two Slovak interpreters.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Even so, it was as if a cold wind swept through the hall when Edward Ashton entered, flanked by the baroness and her husband.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

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

UK government figures from 2024 say an average of 81,578 vehicles passed eastbound every day between the two junctions flanking the Brynglas Tunnels.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

Primitive by U.S. standards, the silos are little more than deep holes dug into the side of a mountain that point toward the nearby Persian Gulf, flanking a paved entrance to the underground facility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026

In 2004, he was one of several performers flanking Super Bowl headliner Janet Jackson.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

An American flag the size of a mainsail unfurled from the tallest flagpole in the Court of Honor, and immediately two more like-sized flags tumbled from flanking poles, one representing Spain, the other Columbus.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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