cracking

Example Sentences

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His condition is both a superpower and a vulnerability, as we see when he discovers a dangerous new skill, cracking safes, with his unique ability to hear the tumblers of the lock moving internally.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 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

“It doesn’t have the refined refreshing taste with a subtle buzz that I get after cracking open a chilled can of Diet Coke.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

It would be there, with the tar on the canvas drying and cracking, until great holes appeared and the currach wasted away.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff