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Word: flank (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...bruised Bob Kennedy, is Red Hill, a defensive tower of strength on the flank...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Crimson Faces Upstart B.U. Eleven | 10/4/1947 | See Source »

...return to scrimmage yesterday of end Armando "Stretch" Mazzone strengthened the flank ranks, thinned by the injury of first-stringer Bob Kennedy whose availability against the Terriers Saturday is still in doubt...

Author: By William S. Fairfield, | Title: Week's Best Grid Workout Comes as Team Spirits Rise | 10/2/1947 | See Source »

...main line of communications. . . . The enemy was beset from every quarter in a welter of triphammer blows, chaos, death, and destruction. On the ground and in the air he was mauled and ravaged from every side. . . . Third Army's eviscerating dagger remained pinned and unblunted in their lacerated flank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Five-Star Legend | 9/29/1947 | See Source »

Right halfback Lee Lothram provides the aerial power, while Jim Formwalt can perform variegated chores on the other flank. Sure to see action is Stan Kulakowski, a definite threat in the tailback position...

Author: By Richard W. Wallach, | Title: Egg In Your Beer | 9/27/1947 | See Source »

...East, an unsupported and economically battered China blocked the Russian advance. Some thought that Secretary of State Marshall had made a mistake in writing off China and that the U.S. position would be greatly strengthened if he frankly admitted it and promptly bolstered this traditional Asiatic flank of U.S. foreign policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Creeping Suspense | 9/22/1947 | See Source »

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