crack
Example Sentences
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Officials also pledged to investigate illegal foreign-exchange transactions by exporters and importers through lead-and-lag practices—such as accelerating import payments or excessively delaying export receipts—activities the government has vowed to crack down on.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Before long, he was strong enough to break the springs that raised the door and crack the stucco framing it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
They asked about the noise, about the moment the walls began to crack, and about what happened afterwards.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Is it enough to merit the risk of an untested outsider with more than a few red flags, a talent for attracting bad press, and enough jagged edges to crack a lobster shell?
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
This time he felt a thin sharpness, like the faint beginnings of a crack in its touch-screen glass.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
