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a flinty and determined hero
a flinty warrior hardened by years of battle
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The camera loved the flinty angularity of his jaw, the slope of his nose, the perfect bow shape of his upper lip.
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Tom Gliatto, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Slight lime color in this 13% alcohol wine with flinty, mineral aromas followed by lime, grapefruit, gooseberry and wet granite.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Retiring with a masterpiece would have been too sentimental a finale for an actor as flinty as this guy.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2025
The detailing on these men’s flinty personalities is either revealed too late (like the fact Wihlborg’s adopted) or not at all in situations where we’re tasked to understand their inconsistent behaviors (like Dolinski’s mindset).
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
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Tom Gliatto, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Slight lime color in this 13% alcohol wine with flinty, mineral aromas followed by lime, grapefruit, gooseberry and wet granite.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
Retiring with a masterpiece would have been too sentimental a finale for an actor as flinty as this guy.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2025
The detailing on these men’s flinty personalities is either revealed too late (like the fact Wihlborg’s adopted) or not at all in situations where we’re tasked to understand their inconsistent behaviors (like Dolinski’s mindset).
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Flinty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flinty. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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