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flank

[flangk] / flæŋk /
NOUN
haunch of an animate being
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Grynkewich's intervention looks unlikely to divulge many new details on NATO's strategy and is intended to both send a signal to Moscow and reassure members on the alliance's eastern flank.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

The three players on the flank were tasked with creating chances which they did via good movement to lose markers.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Here, six players are playing closer to the left flank.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

It is also a partner of Baltic and Nordic nations in protecting the northern flank of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization that runs through the Arctic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

In the fields, nothing moved except the constantly swishing tails of the cows gathered flank to flank in the shade.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

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

So De Zerbi has had to come up with new solutions - either by pulling the central players out of position, or by progressing the ball down 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

On Venus, the rift flanks sink because the crust slowly relaxes after being stretched.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026

The flanks of the horse flickered as they were pelted.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli

Kiesewetter agreed, saying the proposed legislation should be flanked by binding rules governing the private sector activities of former senior civil servants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Near the central village of Baziafla, flanked by tall grass, the pit was excavated over several weeks with spades, pickaxes and crushers, before the miners were driven out of town by the local authorities.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

The wish-granting branch packaged in an eye-catching box is flanked by framed photos of “Obsession,” the small-scale horror film turned global box-office smash to which it is central.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Plans for the arch from earlier this year feature a golden, winged Lady Liberty on the top, flanked by two gold eagles.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

General Sharpe emerges, flanked by six Guardians on each side.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

“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

There’s a massive plant wall flanking one side of the Main Hall, with about 1,200 pots of living greens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 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

She was fascinated by the stories he had to tell her of historical troop movements and flanking maneuvers.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin




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