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flinch

[flinch] / flɪntʃ /


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"We will follow the evidence wherever it leads. We will not flinch from uncomfortable truths."

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The line between TMI and TLI—too little information—can feel like playing the board game Operation: one tiny flinch in either direction and the buzzer goes off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

So the next time you reach past the clinking crowd of condiments for the same familiar jar, you might try not to flinch.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

Through it all, one oil company didn’t flinch.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

It took a century of training not to flinch.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny




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