crack
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But only since the latest crisis have they managed to crack new markets as far away as Brazil, she said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
When the furnace is turned back on this metal heats up again and expands which can crack the furnace.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Their most notable prediction came on April 21, 2024, in Del Mar. During a maintenance visit earlier that month, researchers had observed a tiny new crack in the clifftop that was about 0.1 inch wide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
At first it was staggering, the boom, boom, boom, watching both players crack heavy serve after heavy serve, but it started to become a little wearying, like watching an extended game of Whac-A-Mole.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
After a while he disappeared through a crack in the floor.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
“I think it can work in healthcare because the current system’s not working. Costs are going up for government payers, employers, and I think you’re starting to see massive cracks in that,” Mr. Tisch concludes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Dikes form when molten rock forces its way through cracks and then cools inside them.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
Some of Mayora's ceilings show cracks from the quakes, and she admits that she has taken to sleeping on the porch out of fear of another disaster.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Benchmark’s Kurnos said that “third-party data signals suggested that engagement was already starting to see some cracks after the recent round of price hikes.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Roz carefully crossed the mountaintop, crawling around boulders and leaping over wide cracks in the ground.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
Leida Bello, meanwhile, hauls her supplies home alone, where some walls are cracked and one has even collapsed.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
His voice is cracked, imperfect and soulful—he shows his age on a project that mostly seems to be about hiding it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Now, after an innovative pilot study backed by decades of specialized research, a team at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography says it may have cracked the code.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
STK’s thick, well-marbled filet mignon is perfect for kebabs with little more than salt and freshly cracked pepper.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026
Mom’s voice cracked on the word school, and Jonah decided this was nothing like those times she tried to catch him or Katherine in a lie.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
That pushed the company to delve into other areas including advertising, cracking down on password sharing and gaming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
Gerstner thought Altman was cracking a dry joke that overshadowed his broader point in his answer about adjusting spending commitments if the money wasn’t there to pay for them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 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
Minetree has "cracking comic timing", the Independent said, but appeared to be "hemmed in by the Reese Witherspoon impression she's presumably been told to do".
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Now she could hear hailstones cracking against the cabin, louder and louder.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
