cracking

Example Sentences

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A primary school has been permanently closed after structural engineers found cracking and wall movement around the site.

From BBC

Chinese authorities have tried to counter the competitive learning culture by cracking down on cram schools in recent years -- but tutoring, paid under the table, remains in demand.

From Barron's

Cobalt tends to promote cracking, but it also helps reduce a separate issue known as Li/Ni disorder.

From Science Daily

Head was promoted to opener in the second innings at Perth when Usman Khawaja was sidelined with back spasms and has kept the position, cracking two centuries.

From Barron's

But Prof Tara Spires-Jones, director of the Centre for Discovery Brain Science at the University of Edinburgh, thinks these two drugs have "really opened the door" for cracking Alzheimer's.

From BBC