crack
Example Sentences
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A cat meme helped him crack the case.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
The host took umbrage and digitally manipulated photos to show damage to the property, including a large crack in a coffee table, claiming the guest had caused more than $15,000 in damage.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
Up to 6.9 million Bitcoin are vulnerable as their public keys are already exposed, allowing quantum systems to crack them anytime.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
Jordan says when she was 4 she got up at the crack of dawn every day and put in a VHS tape of a ballet class that her mother, Mary Lim, had bought.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
After a while he disappeared through a crack in the floor.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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