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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a recoil" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a sudden backward movement or reaction, often in the context of firearms or emotional responses.
Example: "The gun had a powerful recoil that surprised the inexperienced shooter."
Alternatives: "a backlash" or "a flinch".
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Every gesture she makes is a recoil from something.
His unbelief really does have the duress of a recoil.
Their rise was like a recoil after the restrictions on their political participation were lifted.
I think it has to do with neutrinos they emit, which act like a recoil rifle.
As with bullets, if you shoot them in one direction, there will be a recoil in the other.
If, second, one chooses not to believe in religion, one's choice needn't be a recoil, and so not really free.
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If it works, it will be able to track such a recoiling nucleus through a device filled with gas.
But the legitimacy of Elizabeth's branch, at that point, relied on a recoiling at Edward VIII's proposed marriage to Wallis Simpson, a divorcée.
If an impulse like that — a recoiling — diminished the will of the Administration and its allies to really fight this one out, it would be more than sad.
But if Mr. Pochter's death leads to "a collective recoil," and a drawback of language and study abroad programs in Egypt, "it would be a shame.
"channel ORANGE" makes a listener recoil, for a moment, and think about how pop works, and what it is capable of.
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