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Recent Examples on the Web This history tends to make islanders tough and rooted in their own reality, à la the flinty fishmongers and conch divers of Our Blues. Gary Shteyngart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Nov. 2023 The titular protagonist of Clowes’s new graphic novel, Monica, is a woman defined not by defensive misanthropy but by a flinty resilience that propels her to find real meaning in her life. Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2023 In Kate Myers’ funny, flinty debut, four women converge at a Greek archaeological dig led by a preening professor. Monitor Contributors, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 July 2023 Always Iowa first, then New Hampshire — which zealously guarded its status as the first-in-the-nation actual primary, luring all future presidents to the rickety diner back rooms and high school gymnasiums of the flinty Northern state with a streak of independence. Ross Barkan, New York Times, 5 July 2023 See all Example Sentences for flinty 

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“Flinty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flinty. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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