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"We didn't abandon seatbelts because people didn't want to buckle up, and we will not flinch at holding tech companies to account when our littlest citizens are at stake."

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

She has also endured a filming where Donald Trump openly leered at her and another where she seems to suppress a flinch when her own husband touches her knee.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

Christoph Seitz, global vice president of finished vehicles for DP World, a Dubai-based freight forwarder, said some Western automakers were skeptical of putting cars in boxes, but Chinese automakers didn’t flinch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

"I was going to try and make her flinch, so I leaned forward like I was fencing," he said.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

Every now and then it cawed, a loud, shrill cry that made me flinch.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

"Commitment prince," urges the singer, when Harry flinches and seems to have that inking feeling.

From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2024

There is going to come a moment—and for many of the writers cited above, that moment has already arrived—in which the media appropriately reports on the enormity of the stakes and nobody flinches.

From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2023

Nobody flinches, and that’s a very negative view of yourself.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2023

There is still part of me that flinches whenever I’m visiting a museum and I see someone getting too close to a piece of art.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2022

Cardan flinches and tries to catch my eye, but I ignore him.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

But when confronted with these headlines in August, the energy market barely flinched.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026

The lads barely flinched, only allowing themselves a brief flicker of enjoyment on the second chorus.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

Through most of the game, the excitement was contained to a pitcher’s duel — a chess game of defensive plays, waiting to see who flinched first.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

He never flinched, instead taking it upon himself to bring up prominent women with alopecia.

From Slate ● May 23, 2026

The woman took his palm, spat on it—he flinched, but she hung on to it— rubbed it with her thumb, and began to croon.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

In the snap, Stokes unleashes a bouncer to a flinching Mohammed Siraj, the India tailender.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Those who know Dombrowski best marvel at his ability to consume information from reports written about every player from the lowest rung of the minors to the big leagues and recall it without flinching.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2025

Meanwhile, I can barely look at a corn on the cob without flinching.

From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2024

Here, his singing is beautiful and a little distant, as if flinching ever so slightly from a pain that will never be anything but raw.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2023

When Luke turned around, Toby sat up completely, flinching.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss