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as in back
a vulnerable point
before the tournament she studied tapes of her chief rival, looking for the chink in her game
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Recent Examples of chink
Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 17 Oct. 2025
That’s the missing chink in the armor right now.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Oct. 2025
Tasha Zemke, Outside Online, 24 Oct. 2024
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Noun
But there is a glaring chink in the armor for the Rebels (6-0, 2-0), and that’s its run defense.
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One of our challenges was thinking up a good chinking method that wouldn’t take an entire month.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for chink
Noun
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The Magic played without Tristan da Silva (back spams) and Jalen Suggs, who missed a fourth straight game with a right knee contusion.—
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Backup running backs, including Jay Harris and Dierre Hill Jr, provided too little help for quarterback Dante Moore.—
Noun
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Be sure to clean in every crevice to remove residue, mold, and mildew.—
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Kardv Cordless Vacuum Cleaner This slim tool comes with a dust brush and crevice tool to target stairs, curtains, and upholstery.—
Verb
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Seated outside with their youngest child, 3-month-old daughter Livvy, the couple happily raised their champagne glasses before clinking them together.—
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So the pair took a romp through wine country for Christina’s birthday, clinking glasses at Progeny Winery in Napa Valley and Restoration Hardware in Yountville.—
Noun
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The actress manages to pull this off with subtlety and grace in a movie that could have easily gone straight for the emotional jugular.—
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Two months before Twilight kicked off the glittery vampire craze, Alan Ball’s True Blood had already put an original, sexy spin on the jugular-draining genre.—
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Trump has a rare and underestimated talent for finessing these internal fissures.—
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The fissure is on full display with those sharp lines in The Studio and Pluribus — shows, incidentally, from Apple, which more than any other company has normalized and cuddlified our current screen addiction.—
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Netflix and Amazon jingled all the way to some big audiences on Christmas Day, thanks to the NFL.—
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The next signs of the nation’s political divide might be jingling in your pocket next year.—
Noun
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The underbelly of cities that have great wealth has been a theme in your work, particularly your films set in Portland.—
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The new episodes will focus on the search for a missing Navajo girl, taking us from the reservation into the gritty underbelly of ‘70s Los Angeles.—
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Trade and technology further illuminate the growing rift.—
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The reunion was a landmark moment for the father and son, following reports of a rift in recent years.—
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“Chink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chink. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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