flak
Example Sentences
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She has donned flak jackets on ICE raids, posed toting a large gun and recorded messages urging immigrants to self-deport.
McCullum is desperate for success at the T20 World Cup in India, where England face the West Indies in Mumbai on Wednesday, after facing flak for the torrid 4-1 thumping in the Ashes.
From Barron's
"Obviously, his defence has caught quite a bit of flak," said Doris.
From BBC
Wine, who has been repeatedly arrested in the past, campaigned in a flak jacket, saying the race has become a "war".
From Barron's
But if New York gets hit with a snowstorm early in his administration, the new mayor could quickly take flak if the streets aren’t plowed fast enough.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
