flack
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In 2018 a public-relations flack emailed me that the head of his firm wanted to write a piece commenting on a business story that involved social policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
“The guys in front of me were like, ‘yeah, he’s, like, getting a lot of social media flack.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
In the run-up to voting day, Bobi Wine has been campaigning across the country, often wearing a protective flack jacket and helmet.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
When Geiger caught flack for prescribing food instead of drugs, he replied, “The last time I looked at my textbooks, the most specific therapy for malnutrition was food.”
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2025
Dale replied he’d had just about enough of setting by the shipping lane in soup fog for a dozen silvers, a few dogfish, a couple of hake, and what’s more taking flack off his radio.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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