Word: flinch
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That is because we are fighting not one enemy but two: one unseen, the other inside. Terror on this scale is meant to wreck the way we live our lives--make us flinch when a siren sounds, jump when a door slams and think twice before deciding whether we really have to take a plane. If we falter, they win, even if they never plant another bomb. So after the early helplessness--What can I do? I've already given blood--people started to realize that what they could do was exactly, as precisely as possible, whatever they would have...
...countries directly involved. Taiwan's security must be protected, but there is no need for that protection to set off an arms race. As the leader of Taiwan, I can say that we will not initiate war. We do not seek a conflict. But if necessary we will not flinch from protecting ourselves. The Taiwanese people are very courageous. They have survived and grown up under pressure and under threats...
Junior back Katie Turck pushed the ball smoothly and forcefully to the top of the circle, where it was firmly stopped by co-captain Maisa Badawy. On the approach, co-captain Liz Sarles made the entire Dartmouth flinch as if to block a direct shot--the set that Harvard had executed on its first two corners...
Many doctors flinch at using controlled substances because of the nation's harsh antidrug laws. A 1998 survey of New York State physicians found that 71% chose a drug that did not require a triplicate form--necessary for dispensing many controlled substances such as fentanyl--even when the controlled drug was the appropriate treatment. Instead they regularly choose weaker medications because they fear legal scrutiny...
...noted, it's not a sport. In fact, the sport has become so defensive since it got its Saturday Night Live lashing in the 1980s that its website, usasynchro.org has a page titled "What's Up with the Nose Clip, Hair Gel & Makeup?" Syncher Carrie Barton, 24, doesn't flinch at explaining the blue eye shadow. "The makeup enables judges to see expressions on our faces. If we're smiling during a nice piece of music or looking scary during an angry piece, that's all part of the score." Any sport in which facial expressions count seems dubious...