crackup
Example Sentences
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Dominik doesn’t do much by halves, diva crackups included, and it’s dispiriting to realize that this is why he bothered with this particular Hollywood re-creation.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2022
Some signs indicate story lines: submerged chronicles of breakups and crackups, inherent narratives of spring cleaning approached as spiritual cleansing, pretexts for day drinking and contexts of financial need.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 13, 2016
With Greece, Ireland and Portugal drawing on a combined 256 billion euros in European and IMF loans and Greece counting on 130 billion euros more, the government leaders’ focus shifted to preventing future budgetary crackups.
From BusinessWeek • Dec. 9, 2011
Emanuel was always going to be at the center of the inevitable crackups that would occur between Obama's promises to usher in a new kind of politics and the messier necessities of governing.
From Slate • Mar. 10, 2010
Cooper's recovery from complicated leg surgery was well enough known, and Armstrong too, it turned out, had come back after harrowing crackups.
From Time Magazine Archive
