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flinch

[flinch] / flɪntʃ /


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Araki’s sensibility is, if anything, wiser now, though he’d probably flinch at the word.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

"And it is one that we don't flinch from telling."

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

The weight of expectation, a final in front of 100,000 and a billion more at home, made them flinch.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Did they flinch from their earlier arguments and beliefs?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Then he’d jump off and send the rings crashing into the middle pole with a clang that made me flinch.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée




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