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crack

[krak] / kræk /




NOUN
attempt to do something
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A cat meme helped him crack the case.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Up to 6.9 million Bitcoin are vulnerable as their public keys are already exposed, allowing quantum systems to crack them anytime.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Google’s researchers said a quantum computer may be on the horizon that’s powerful enough to crack a bitcoin wallet’s secret key in as few as nine minutes, potentially giving attackers access to investors’ funds.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Jordan says when she was 4 she got up at the crack of dawn every day and put in a VHS tape of a ballet class that her mother, Mary Lim, had bought.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

The surface of the bulge continued to crack and break, distorting from pressure underneath.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone