flank
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On Raman’s side, some contributors came from the left flank of Los Angeles while others were more establishment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Streeting, 43, comes from a working class background and is seen as being on the right flank of the centre-left party.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
Sunday’s game had lasted for 79 tense, scoreless minutes when Norway attacked down the left flank and sent a cross into the box.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Miranda-Martin sourced two shell-shaped sconces that flank the mirror at an estate sale in San Francisco.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Magdalys’s trike hit next, its top right horn tearing a nasty gash across the larger dino’s flank as they passed.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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The researchers found that rift flanks begin to flatten relatively quickly once tectonic movement ends.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
The wide, elevated rift flanks predicted by the new simulations also appear in images captured by the Magellan probe during its 1990's mission.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
Trout, their speckled flanks gleaming in the sun, gulped them down one by one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
If Tuchel does know his best team, he is hiding it well – and the amount of shuffling on the flanks and in defence suggests he does not.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Marselen felt they would be better placed at either end of the main battle line, where they could beat back any attempt by the foe to turn their flanks.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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Instead of proposing Waddingham as a Bond co-star, she’s the expertly skilled agent flanked by a best friend with an equally formidable intellect – the Moneypenny to her 007.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
A towering freestanding fireplace and sitting area flanked by olive trees anchor one end, and on the other, the pool area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Wearing a short-sleeved white shirt, he was flanked by three prison custody officers and a supporting adult, and his mother blew him a kiss as he left the dock.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Over time, many Palestinian shops in the Old City have shut, and the once vibrant thoroughfare flanked by old stone buildings now stands empty.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Bound and flanked by the iron arms of a soldier, she wasn’t used to the jerking motion of a galloping horse, and now that they had stopped, she felt her arms and legs tremble.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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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
That leaves room for all sorts of brainstorming, including Aitken’s curiosity about flanking the development with high-rise residential buildings, similar to the condominiums that have risen next to Petco Park in San Diego.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
UK government figures from 2024 say an average of 81,578 vehicles passed eastbound every day between the two junctions flanking the Brynglas Tunnels.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
The two brothers were close, flanking their grandmother on the royal balcony or smiling on the sidelines of a polo match.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
A magnificent door that was two stories tall stood open, guards flanking either side.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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