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It and other countries along NATO's eastern flank including Romania and Poland have suffered repeated incursions into their airspace.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Florian Wirtz, playing primarily as Liverpool's number 10 under Iraola, has drifted to that flank to provide a third option capable of playing centrally, deep or out wide.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

At that moment, the moderate flank seemed to be keeping people like Piker in check.

From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026

When travelers arrive at the luxury terminal on the southern flank of LAX, they can valet their car and even get it washed while they’re away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

His flank had stung from the blow, but that egg had been worth it.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

It warned of hot volcanic debris flows down Fuego's slopes, with communities on the western and southern flanks at the greatest risk.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

The researchers found that rift flanks begin to flatten relatively quickly once tectonic movement ends.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026

Trout, their speckled flanks gleaming in the sun, gulped them down one by one.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

The German's apparent fixation with a strategy of picking versatile defenders who can play on both flanks, along with central defenders who can fill in at full-back, has placed England in a tricky situation.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

She sits down politely, and her hair actually flanks her face very nicely.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

Zobel, who actually slept, was flanked by several kitties.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Instead of proposing Waddingham as a Bond co-star, she’s the expertly skilled agent flanked by a best friend with an equally formidable intellect – the Moneypenny to her 007.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

Singer Callum Beattie then appeared - flanked by dancing silver unicorns and stars - and sang Scotland's unofficial football anthem, Yes Sir, I Can Boogie by Baccara.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Flores, wearing the same outfit with her blonde hair tied back, sat a few feet from him with the couple flanked by their lawyers.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

Velia and Delia rode around Juanita and flanked me.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

Kinjo says that reefs flanking his seaside farm consist entirely of corals he cultivated, with their natural peers "no longer able to keep up with a tremendous increase in stress" in the anthropogenically polluted ocean.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

That leaves room for all sorts of brainstorming, including Aitken’s curiosity about flanking the development with high-rise residential buildings, similar to the condominiums that have risen next to Petco Park in San Diego.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

The two brothers were close, flanking their grandmother on the royal balcony or smiling on the sidelines of a polo match.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026

Terry Haines, founder of Pangaea Policy, an analysis and forecasting firm, called the Washington-Delhi deal "an answer to those thinking the EU is flanking or gaining speed on the US on trade."

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

I stepped outside in time to see the two policemen, flanking my father, go up a rocky slope leading out of the yard.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane