flak
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Particularly at the trial level, they’re just getting so much incoming flak, and it makes it a very different job.
From Slate • May 12, 2026
Mr. Kennedy said at the hearing that FDA Commissioner Marty Makary “made the correct decision to not approve that drug” and was getting flak because “he’s trying to do change.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
They had to do it when the flak was flying after the capitulation against Argentina in November and the opening defeat by Italy in Rome a few weeks back.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026
Treasuries have taken a lot of flak from Wall Street in recent years, because they stopped behaving like a safe haven.
From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026
“Even if it is one of her tamer songs—or so she says—I am not taking the flak for that.”
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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The Things They Carried
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