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cracking

[krak-ing] / ˈkræk ɪŋ /










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Some airlines have condemned the abuse of wheelchair service, but cracking down comes with risks.

From The Wall Street Journal

The data turned out to be essential to cracking the case, the people said, a breakthrough that happened only recently when a tech-savvy law-enforcement officer wrote a new computer program that finally deciphered the information.

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“Overall, the labor market is cooling, not cracking,” economists at Bank of America wrote in a note to clients.

From MarketWatch

While spy agencies have long relied on local agents for tasks that insiders can accomplish best—like unlocking doors, cracking safes and planting bugs—the new agents would do more than assist.

From The Wall Street Journal

Without the force of his mediating presence they are cracking up.

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