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[chingk] / tʃɪŋk /


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Even still, you felt that at some point they'd make a breakthrough, at some point they'd find a chink and somebody would do something that resembled a clinical piece of play.

From BBC Mar. 8, 2026

It was a night in which teams in the powerful Trinity League showed a chink in their armor.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2025

In over two decades spent inside Israeli prisons, Sinwar reportedly learned fluent Hebrew and studied Israeli society, and he identified a chink in the armor of his militarily superior adversary.

From Seattle Times Mar. 5, 2024

This lack of response seems to be a chink in the body's armor that Mtb exploits to such devastating effect.

From Science Daily Jan. 18, 2024

I’m sitting here nice and cozy in the front office, peering out through a chink in the heavy curtains.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank




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