flak
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Once, when Kyle Okimoto served as a sales initiative head in Merrill Lynch’s global wealth management division, he caught flak from colleagues for bringing a bright-red vinyl rolling suitcase to a sales meeting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
"We need to stop having conversations and start doing something as parents get a lot of flak but everyone is trying their best."
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
Treasuries have taken a lot of flak from Wall Street in recent years, because they stopped behaving like a safe haven.
From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026
His comments about the New York Fed researchers needing to be “disciplined,” meanwhile, drew flak from respected economists including Claudia Sahm.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026
Me, Brew, and Peewee were the only ones wearing flak jackets.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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