flak jacket
noun
: a jacket containing metal plates for protection against flak
broadly
: a bulletproof vest
called also flak vest
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As McDaniel mentioned, Achane did in fact don the red jersey as well as a flak jacket during Thursday’s practice.
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Miami Herald, 11 Dec. 2025
The cover features a cartoon image of Franklin wearing a helmet and flak jacket (under his shell, weirdly) while firing a rocket propelled grenade from the open door of a military helicopter.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 2 Dec. 2025
The tradition—with the old flak jacket, and with the new yellow number—is for an outgoing secretary to leave notes in the pocket for her successors.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
When the troops reached him, his body was found with a weapon, a flak jacket and 40,000 shekels ($10,731.63) as well as various documents that suggested he was forced to shift location as the Israeli search closed around him.
—James MacKenzie, Reuters, 18 Oct. 2024
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Miami Herald, 11 Dec. 2025
The cover features a cartoon image of Franklin wearing a helmet and flak jacket (under his shell, weirdly) while firing a rocket propelled grenade from the open door of a military helicopter.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 2 Dec. 2025
The tradition—with the old flak jacket, and with the new yellow number—is for an outgoing secretary to leave notes in the pocket for her successors.
—Jane Thier, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
When the troops reached him, his body was found with a weapon, a flak jacket and 40,000 shekels ($10,731.63) as well as various documents that suggested he was forced to shift location as the Israeli search closed around him.
—James MacKenzie, Reuters, 18 Oct. 2024
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