balk
Example Sentences
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Media questions about the underlying values led investors to balk and forced Blue Owl to cancel the deal.
A few prospective clients have balked and found other lawyers to do their work, but he still has a full plate.
He knows people may balk at $16 bottles of pumpkin milk.
Glushon balks at many of Raman’s positions, including her opposition to a law that allows the city to ban homeless people from the streets near schools.
From Los Angeles Times
Iranian officials also balked at the initially agreed upon venue for the talks—in Turkey—and their format—a regional gathering to discuss nuclear issues but also missiles and militia support.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
