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flank

[flangk] / flæŋk /
NOUN
haunch of an animate being
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Five years ago, Curd and Secor would likely have been written off as the party’s idealist left flank.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

But head coach Andoni Iraola wants his wingers to be able to play on both sides and Ngumoha's improvement on the right flank has been impressive in such a short space of time.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Jeremy Doku started on the left flank against Ipswich and should continue in that role in the absence of Semenyo.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

“We have already strengthened our posture along the eastern flank and will continue to monitor the security environment, adjusting our deterrence and defense posture as needed,” Rutte wrote on X, without attributing blame.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Some were pure white, some white with silver manes, some silver with speckles of white across the neck and flank.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

The gates blocking it, and the security checkpoints along its flanks, will dramatically limit the public’s desire to enter, and change the tenor and experience of a space that should feel porous and inclusive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The Liverpool winger, 18, has had an exciting start to the season, catching the eye with his invention and trickery down both flanks for Andoni Iraola's side.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Keane Lewis-Potter: Clinical finish for Brentford's opening goal and provided quality on the flanks.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

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 Dregs were outnumbered, and there were men working their way around their left and right flanks.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

Earlier this month, Powerus also became a public company as Velicovich and his partners, cheering and flanked by their families, rang the opening bell at the Nasdaq stock exchange.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Dressed in a white shirt and a dark coloured tie, he sat in the dock flanked by four security officers.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

A pair of deep seats covered in nubby upholstery sit close to this sacred space’s altar — a vinyl-stacked media console holding a vintage receiver and turntable, flanked by two ATC SCM50 loudspeakers.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

It is now flanked by a similar-sized area they call "the fridge", which they temporarily closed as a way to build up fish stocks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

Shouting it out to the backs of black boys already disappearing into the bushes that flanked the railroad tracks, C.P. felt a tingle coursing through his body.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

“We executed a flanking operation to gain control over the Bab al-Mandeb Strait,” said Col.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

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

A bus arrived, and the group rode on it for more than an hour, two vehicles flanking them, before reaching another inspection point.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 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

We were coming up on the main public library, with the big marble lions flanking the steps.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan


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