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Meanings of balk at in anglès

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Usage of balk at in anglès
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Would he really balk at using the protomolecule to further his agenda?
Caliban's War
2
Or perhaps forever, if he didn't balk at mass executions and torture.
Metro 2034
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Governments are likely to balk at such notions, as they always have.
The Guardian
4
The Fed has assured markets it won't balk at further policy easing.
Reuters
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The newspaper said prosecutors appeared to balk at the overtures for leniency.
Reuters
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Surely it does not become us to balk at a new revelation.
Love's Final Victory / Ultimate Universal Salvation on the Basis...
7
They do not balk at autos and know no fear of shells.
The Human Side of Animals
8
I was worried the captains might balk at bombarding a planetary surface.
The Reality Dysfunction
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This was her first intimation that Republicans might balk at enfranchising women.
Susan B. Anthony / Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian
10
She wouldn't balk at it, if he could keep her wanting him.
Lonesome dove
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Yet there is a reason to balk at the new politics.
The Guardian
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Congress dared balk at budget time last spring; Summerfield declared Sat.
The new yorker
13
But that does not mean Trump will balk at new ones, officials say.
Reuters
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On Friday he said Russia would not balk at bombing Chechnya.
The Irish Times
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I've never known her to balk at anything if the price was right.
Sharper than a serpent's tooth
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But other market participants have continued to balk at the sum being offered.
Reuters
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Balk at across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common