flak

He positioned himself as the man who wanted to take all the flak, to protect his players, and former players and pundits obliged.

But Labour is having to learn what it’s like to take the flak.

The Trump campaign, which said Harris’ acts reek of desperation, faced flak for statements the former president made about using the military to deal with “the enemy from within.”

Cullenward is considered a champion of carbon reduction, but sometimes takes flak when he questions the efficacy of some carbon market programs.

Hovde, the CEO of Sunwest Bank, has "taken some flak," however, for spending a significant amount of time at a property he owns in California.