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With technology draining the satisfaction of being first to crack a cipher, a fellow code-breaker told Tomokiyo: "I feel useless."

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

"It's a small window that opens just a crack into the complexity of their world," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

That she’s speaking out about it puts one more crack in the lie that women who are raped should carry any shame.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

Fans of Mungiu’s searing dramas might be surprised to hear him crack a joke.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The one about a young witch who discovered a crack in the air and found herself in the Red Woods, where she lived with the royal family of jackalopes.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

A house next door had cracks in its side, and others had wooden decks falling into or submerged in the water.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

The subsidy system first began to show cracks during the so-called Special Period in the early 1990s.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Tiny grains, cracks and empty spaces can then reveal how the clay was prepared and what materials were mixed into it.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Here, Fennell asserts that rape culture is our culture, that patriarchy and misogyny seep through the cracks of every single surface.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Harsh, bellowing shouts, snorting, baying animals… wagon wheels rattling, whip cracks, and a bugler’s call and marching feet.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Napoleon Bonaparte ordered the wartime missive written in code, creating a puzzle that went unsolved for more than 200 years -- until AI cracked it in a matter of hours.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

A British Airways flight en route to Portugal was forced to return to Gatwick Airport on Tuesday due to a minor technical issue, reported to be a cracked window.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Wide receiver Ladd McConkey, who has already fought through a cracked rib this season, is day-to-day with a foot injury.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Many institutions have heeded the warning and cracked down on cheating, implementing AI-detection software, blue books and oral exams.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

And then there are some things—an orange life vest, that one long paddle, a pair of plastic goggles, a lantern with cracked glass—I don’t know how to categorize.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

A child protection bill was introduced in 2021 amending multiple statutes with the stated aim of cracking down on paedophilia.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

After cracking the first, he was given a second which he also deciphered.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Gov. Gavin Newsom last week signed legislation cracking down on the practice of luxury-car buyers in California registering cars out of state to avoid taxes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

"This study really takes a novel approach for cracking therapeutic resistance in pancreatic cancer," says study co-author Ronald Evans, PhD, professor and the March of Dimes Chair in Molecular and Developmental Biology at Salk.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

The sounds of the ice grinding and crushing, creaking and cracking, filled the cold, damp air all around them.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong