crack
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The company said it stopped close to 90 million fake accounts before they went live in the second half of 2025 alone and continues to release updates to crack down on potential scams.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Swerving van in Norway helps crack 66,000-silver-coins fraud case.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
"Typically, if you go through a hailstorm or if you hit a large enough bird, the external ply will crack," says Vermont.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Nearly upset Newport Harbor at MaxPreps Showdown; get another crack at Sailors on Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Then I heard a whip crack and her team ran fast again.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
The 33-year-old’s rounds include sniffing for burning equipment that could indicate overheating, feeling tubes for cracks and looking for faulty lighting or broken power transformers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Scientists have proposed several possible explanations, including unusual wind behavior, ocean eddies, and cracks in the ice.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
That has investors trying to figure out how high the yield on the 10-year Treasury note needs to rise before the stock market finally cracks.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Weeds are now pushing up through cracks in the empty parking lot.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
The knocking comes again, louder, this time with a whisper through the cracks.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
LOS ANGELES—I was eating my second piece of hot honey and cracked black-pepper bacon in American Airlines’ Flagship Lounge when an employee popped by.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
When his bond was set at $2.5 million, Travis cracked.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The Police Department has cracked down on speeding and street racing in recent years using drones and other technology to nab offenders, Oldoerp said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Dentist Riaz Yar, a specialist in prosthodontics, treats patients struggling with the effects of severe bruxism - worn, cracked and fractured teeth, and dental work that keeps failing.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
But it wasn’t a very good imitation, because his voice cracked.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
SINGAPORE—The crowd gasped as the brokers swung the wooden mallets on the lid of the sake barrel, cracking it open in celebration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
“You tell Mark I love him and I would never do that,” Jeramy said, his voice cracking with emotion.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The launch party for Alastair McKimm’s new magazine, Prototype, was cracking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
This was a cracking game last season, which finished 2-2, and is arguably Arsenal's toughest test so far in this campaign.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Twig didn’t respond, just kept cracking invisible eggs over my head and running streams of fingertip yolk through my hair.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
