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“It will be warm Monday, then really crank up Tuesday. ... In the valleys, we’re looking at anything between 100 and 110.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026

EV startup Slate Auto is generating buzz with an electric truck so basic it has crank windows and no radio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

I’ve liked her in everything but her anachronistic appeal is especially good in movies like “Gail Daughtry” that crank reality up a notch so everything moves fast and silly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Exercise makes your cells crank out more energy, helps your heart pump more blood, and your lungs bring in more air.

From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026

But as Grandpa bent to crank up the engine, she reached forward again and, with a chessy-cat grin at me, turned the switch back off!

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

Earlier this month, Bloomberg reported that some data centers experienced cranks breaking off on combustion engines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Casting Luddites as anti-technology has mired a historical labor uprising as a destructive tantrum thrown by fearful, hidebound cranks.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

The partition that once sealed out the cranks and mediocrities has been permanently sundered.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026

He sings the chorus, then cranks up the tempo a notch and suddenly starts belting the Beatles’ “Get Back,” before smoothly transitioning once more into his own song.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

“An awful spectacle,” opined The New York Times, a “sacrifice to the whims and theories” of a “coterie of cranks and politicians.”

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

He cranked the energy back up for his 2011 hit No Church in the Wild, which was amplified by firey pyrotechnics that radiated heat through the stadium.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Now they are working on a backlog, while players and their agents have no doubt tried to exploit the time pressure that has been cranked up.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

The next big ad innovation came from a man who cranked out ideas by the dozen: Ben Franklin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026

With his guitar in hand, and reverb cranked up to 11, Gonzalez joined Karol in debuting their spectral new shoegaze ballad, “Después de Ti,” which was steeped in yearning and performed entirely in Spanish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026

So I just cranked up a chuckle of my own, reached out and took her hand again, and headed back out to the dance floor.

From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli

At 88, Scott is still cranking out movies with little apparent interest in slowing down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

The food-and-beverage industry has been cranking out new products to cut through consumer malaise and compete with retailers’ store-brand products, which are cheaper but at times just as innovative.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

Remote towns and villages aren’t connected to the road system, so they pay hefty premiums to procure gasoline, heating oil and diesel for cranking out electricity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Beijing introduced new rules this month cracking down on overseas investments, citing national security concerns and cranking up curbs on buying US shares that were imposed on Chinese investors in May.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

She watched the fine figure of Eugene Hammond cranking his Bullet N°2 until he was lost in the distance.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck