cracked

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Its office features a replica of the Apollo 11 command module and an authentic Enigma encryption machine from 1943—the German device cracked by Allied codebreakers including celebrated British mathematician Alan Turing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

“I don’t know that anyone has cracked the nut.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

She never cracked double digits in gubernatorial polls.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

“Excuse the mess,” Nichols cracked as we walked to her corner suite.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

By nightfall the boards lifted each time she rocked back and then cracked down as she came forward.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff