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Example sentences for: flak

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The institute took flak in Congress for the S&M images in its Robert Mapplethorpe show, and for displaying Andres Serrano's crucifix suspended in urine.
In the days when corporate downsizing was all the rage, Wall Street took a lot of flak for judging companies too harshly and setting the bar for corporate performance so high that executives felt their only option was to slash payrolls.
But he's worried about the "good Christians" who haven't seen Dogma yet and have written to say that he better buy himself a flak jacket.
My own etymology, which seems painfully obvious, is revealed if one acknowledges that the proper spelling is flak , which at once clarifies the etymological origin: flak .
Gore also takes flak for his visit to Southern tornado disaster sites.