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a flinty and determined hero
a flinty warrior hardened by years of battle
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Other recommendations touched on matches, beer, jazz, orange peels and a flinty U.S. Marine.
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Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 25 May 2024
This history tends to make islanders tough and rooted in their own reality, à la the flinty fishmongers and conch divers of Our Blues.
—Gary Shteyngart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Nov. 2023
The titular protagonist of Clowes’s new graphic novel, Monica, is a woman defined not by defensive misanthropy but by a flinty resilience that propels her to find real meaning in her life.
—Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2023
In Kate Myers’ funny, flinty debut, four women converge at a Greek archaeological dig led by a preening professor.
—Monitor Contributors, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 July 2023
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Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 25 May 2024
This history tends to make islanders tough and rooted in their own reality, à la the flinty fishmongers and conch divers of Our Blues.
—Gary Shteyngart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Nov. 2023
The titular protagonist of Clowes’s new graphic novel, Monica, is a woman defined not by defensive misanthropy but by a flinty resilience that propels her to find real meaning in her life.
—Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2023
In Kate Myers’ funny, flinty debut, four women converge at a Greek archaeological dig led by a preening professor.
—Monitor Contributors, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 July 2023
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“Flinty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flinty. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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