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balk
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  • The animals balked at such places, and the camel drivers were forced to dismount and unburden their charges.  (source)
    balked = refused to comply
  • Hernandez balked, and the officers lowered their price.  (source)
  • Papi wanted a negocio of his own, that was his dream, but he balked at starting at the bottom, selling hot dogs.  (source)
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  • She balked at the gate, and I had to hit her hard with the stick a few times to move her forward.  (source)
    balked = refused to comply
  • I didn't even balk at Will's scars now.†  (source)
  • Even my hand balks at the date; I had to push to write it down, just to keep the pen moving on the paper†  (source)
  • There was not the money to repair it: the insurance company was balking, citing the mysterious circumstances surrounding the arson.†  (source)
  • Balk'd of his prey, the yelling monster flies, And fills the city with his hideous cries; A ghastly band of giants hear the roar, And, pouring down the mountains, crowd the shore.†  (source)
  • The Assistant Commissioner said thoughtfully: "So you're for baulking him.†  (source)
  • Jemmy leaped the mud and was in. But the prince balked. "It's black as night in there!"  (source)
    balked = stopped
  • I balk at his rudeness.†  (source)
  • He throws another hundred-dollar bill at the driver after he balks at my lighting up.†  (source)
  • So why was I balking?†  (source)
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...he had been sent down thousands of miles south to haul and pile big balks of teak in the timberyards at Moulmein.  (source)
balks = thick pieces of unfinished wood
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