balk
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Amazon.com CEO Andy Jassy’s annual shareholder letter made it clear that the company is fully committed to its artificial-intelligence initiatives, even as some investors balk at their steep cost.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
Inflows to private funds could dry up in coming months as wealth managers balk at committing client cash to them, given negative headlines about private credit and the ability to buy similar cheaper public funds.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
But then came a balk that scored the winning run in El Camino Real’s 1-0 victory.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
But still, many residents balk at the sight of their pavement space being taken away.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
There were two main horrors to which it was subject, the first of which was toe horror peculiar to all balls of string—that they invariably became tangles instead of balk.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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