character flaw
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In most cases, the indomitable system exploits a major character flaw: The ghosts don’t really do anything for Jack Torrance in “The Shining” except unlock a cabinet for him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Instead of harassing myself over my housing stability as proof of a character flaw, I reframed my moves as a whimsical plot twist, just as she had.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
This is not a minor character flaw or a bad habit that only emerges once or twice in his life.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2024
During the unfortunate era when obesity was considered a character flaw, I didn’t understand why he would endanger his own health and risk dying, abandoning us.
From Slate ● Oct. 4, 2023
For all its undoubted sincerity, Oppenheimer’s letter displayed a brazen disingenuousness, perhaps its author’s chief character flaw.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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