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as in backs
a vulnerable point
before the tournament she studied tapes of her chief rival, looking for the chink in her game
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as in fissures
an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure
plugged the chinks in the walls with mortar
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Recent Examples of chinks
Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 15 May 2026
Does the bazaar allow for chinks in the kind of class barriers that would usually exist?
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
But after the break, the Americans started to find some chinks in the English armour.
—Peter Carline, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
The result is a fiery and impassioned offering that finds the veteran fully engaged and intent on proving no chinks have been left in his armor despite his tenuous back-and-forth with his Compton counterpart.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 15 May 2026
Does the bazaar allow for chinks in the kind of class barriers that would usually exist?
—Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
But after the break, the Americans started to find some chinks in the English armour.
—Peter Carline, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chinks
Noun
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His three-man defence regularly featured two ball-playing centre-backs either side of a more physical one, but the team as a whole was asymmetrical.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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The bright spots Saturday, at least in the early stages, was the play of the Evans defense, new quarterback Will Jackson and transfer running backs O’Ryan Hartfield, from Ocoee, and Davion Williams, from Poinciana.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 May 2026
Noun
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People with irritable bowel syndrome, diverticulitis, hemorrhoids, fissures, fistulas, rectal bleeding, heart disease, or high blood pressure should also avoid the procedure, Hazan says.—
Erica Sweeney,
Time,
11 May 2026
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But there are fissures in the-- in the regime.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 May 2026
Verb
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As the bullet weight clinks and clacks along the bottom, bass will key in on your rig and follow it.—
Derek Horner,
Outdoor Life,
2 Apr. 2026
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Each robot, remotely operated, clinks glasses and gestures in unison, embodying the camaraderie and hope of the musical’s revolutionaries.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The most caustic people in the world often have the softest underbellies — at least if Alden Ehrenreich is playing them.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
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Cashmere is expensive because these goats produce a limited amount of this precious fiber, found on their underbellies, and the process of obtaining the wool is labor-intensive.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Prevent Crickets From Returning Indoors Crickets often enter the home through small cracks and crevices, so prevention starts with sealing those entry points.—
Olivia McIntosh,
Martha Stewart,
16 May 2026
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Designed to crawl through tight crevices or trudge across rough terrain, X-Humanoid says they’re being built for jobs that humans would rather not do.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Once Woll’s bratty vamp was through draining jugulars, the actress found a second signature role as Karen Page on Marvel’s Daredevil (2015–2018).—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And whatever rifts had formed in his relationship with Altman were largely absent from social media.—
Ashley Capoot,Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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The deeper the rifts between the United States and Europe over Iran, the greater the chances of weakening the NATO alliance.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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What was on your mind then post 9/11 with the film and what still rings true today?—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
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That definitely rings true for me this Mother’s Day.—
Nicole Varma,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 May 2026
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“Chinks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chinks. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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