cracking
Example Sentences
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I described it as a relay race: We start with democracy and Piggy, then comes cracking of civility and Jack, then chaos with Simon, and finally war with Ralph.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
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
And if there's one way to get a UK dancefloor going, it's cracking out The Killers' Mr Brightside, and the crowd at the main stage thanked him by chanting back every lyric.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Sometime in the next few years, we are going to see quantum computers cracking cryptology.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
My voice left me in a cracking gasp.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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