flinch
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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
Burke, who attended the court hearing wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, did not flinch when the pictures were shown.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
However, back-to-back double faults and another miss from the Italian gifted Kecmanovic his breakthrough in the ninth game, and the Serb did not flinch as he served out the first set to love.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Araki’s sensibility is, if anything, wiser now, though he’d probably flinch at the word.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
One Saturday afternoon, I told Ma that I had to go to the library to work on a school report, a lie that didn’t even make me flinch.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Vocabulary lists containing flinch
A Long Walk to Water
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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