cracking

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Plus, Bill Gates’s carefully crafted image is cracking, and we look at the realities of aging alone.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Sometime in the next few years, we are going to see quantum computers cracking cryptology.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

The evidence suggests that extreme heating from the Sun is cracking the asteroid's surface, releasing trapped gases and causing the body to slowly crumble apart.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

Holidaymakers have told the BBC how some hotels and resorts are cracking down on people reserving sun loungers with towels, after a man won a payout over the practice.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

When she comes in, she kneels to Boo, her knees cracking.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko