chink
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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
McLaren's one chink of light in the race was the pit stops.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2025
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
South Africa, in turn, would like to exploit this chink in India’s armour.
From Washington Times • Nov. 4, 2023
In a moment, from a distance, there was another sound: the chink of a key turning in a lock, and the click of a latch opening.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
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Vocabulary from Readings 1, Unit 1
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