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China has been cracking down on a practice known as "Singapore-washing," which is when companies leave the country to take advantage of looser regulations, global customers or funding opportunities.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

“I lost my job, got divorced and got cancer all at the same time,” said Barberie, her voice cracking as she sat near Edwards and Lucey in the lounge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Plasticity refers to a material's ability to permanently change shape without cracking or breaking.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

GFP declined to comment on whether the weight of those new additions contributed to the beams cracking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

“There’s a little...person in your hair!” the princess said, her voice cracking.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

I said nothing, and Leper, having said so much, went on to say more, to speak above the wind and crackings as though his story would never be finished.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

All the Arctic peoples had been thrown into panic, and so had the animals, not only by the fog and the magnetic variations but by unseasonal crackings of ice and stirrings in the soil.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman

The campus was impressive for what happened within its walls: chest crackings, organ transplants, molecular imagings, genetic probes, and virtually any other medical service known in the advanced world.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

The rollers operate in sets, and successive crackings are obtained by passing and repassing, if necessary, the grain through these rollers, set at different distances apart.

From Inventions in the Century by William Henry Doolittle

In others, the joints, although stiff, can be moved but exhibit pronounced crackings.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson