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as in back
a vulnerable point
before the tournament she studied tapes of her chief rival, looking for the chink in her game
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Recent Examples of chink
Todd Boss, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, Liverpool come into this battle with some chinks in their armour.
—Oli Gamp, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 24 Oct. 2024
But already chinks in the vault’s armor have appeared.
—Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
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Noun
However, some chinks in the armor have been exposed, and Johns failed to claim the No. 1 spot in either Men’s Singles or Men’s Doubles at the end of 2024.
—Todd Boss, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, Liverpool come into this battle with some chinks in their armour.
—Oli Gamp, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
Verb
One of our challenges was thinking up a good chinking method that wouldn’t take an entire month.
—Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 24 Oct. 2024
But already chinks in the vault’s armor have appeared.
—Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chink
Noun
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Players took a knee as a medical cart came out for the fan who was on his back.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2025
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This man fell flat on his back, quickly did a little barrel roll thing, gathered himself and still had time to locate the ball and make a flippantly awesome catch.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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When a person leaves the beach, the sand often sticks to their skin, gets tucked into clothing crevices, and may even be deposited in food or drink items.—
Madison Dapcevich,
Discover Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
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The lightweight vacuum lasts 40 minutes and includes a crevice tool and pet multitool.—
Terri Williams,
Architectural Digest,
25 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Sure, Italians look darn elegant and effortless sipping a spritz, but that cigar ring clinking the glass is purposefully chosen and those sunglasses (likely bought at the local ottica) weren’t just a quick find at a gas station.—
Nneya Richards,
Travel + Leisure,
30 Mar. 2025
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Kendall Jenner clinks glasses with Billy Dec at the Blueprint Underground Cocktail Club in Nashville, Tennessee on March 13.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Zachary Naegele, 24, was competing at the Conley Invitational in Palmetto, Florida, last week when the bull’s horn punctured his jugular, causing blood to stream out in a heart-pounding, caught-on-camera moment.—
Michael Dorgan,
Fox News,
15 Feb. 2025
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Gone are the days of Ami Cusack cutting down men without hesitation or Natalie Bolton flossing her teeth with Jason Siska’s jugular.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
12 Dec. 2024
Noun
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But without an enduring settlement for Ukraine, this would result in a long-term fissure in the Transatlantic alliance and even NATO.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2025
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Image The fissures can be felt in public life and in synagogues.—
Anemona Hartocollis,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Men dressed as 1880s gunfighters are forever clomping up and down wooden sidewalks with jingling spurs and holstered revolvers on their belts.—
Richard Grant,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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The first half of the instrumental sounds like wind chimes jingling around in a storm.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Newcastle have a full 25-man Premier League squad, but within that lie an underbelly of players who either ideally should have been moved on sooner, or are just not of the quality required.—
Chris Waugh,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Small Victory was also an EP on that drama in which Reinhart plays Daisy Moriarty, who is dealing with a chaotic personal life, and becomes drawn into the underbelly of the internet.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Sacco also investigates how being economically dependent on gas companies and the government has created complicated rifts: Families fell apart over whether to support fracking, while alcohol and drug abuse became rampant.—
Heather Hansman,
The Atlantic,
22 Apr. 2025
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This distinct band of red intersects Bighorn Canyon, a deep rift in the Earth that extends north into Montana.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Chink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chink. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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