balked
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Word about the screenplay spread quickly in Hollywood, but, as the bids mounted, buyers balked when Mr. Stallone insisted that he play the lead.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Past governments have looked at how to reform social care and balked at the potential costs.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
But not long after, its Hero4 Session camera flopped, as shoppers balked at the price.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Where “Jurassic World” balked at doubling down on its single cruel sequence, “The End of Oak Street” has at least 10 stomach-dropping thrills.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
A deep cut-bank draw ran through the pear flats between me and the huge mesquite tree I was heading for, and it was down in the bottom of this draw that the hogs balked.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
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