crank

She said Anderson was able to "crank up" his "darker personality characteristics" to succeed in his environment, something that was in "the sweet spot that most people can't attain".

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

For all of his geopolitical skills, Castro pushed crank economic theories at home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

The jobs report sharply exceeded forecasts, stoking fears that the Federal Reserve will crank interest rates higher by its December policy meeting.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

So crank up the Victrola, press play on Spotify and nestle into your headphones.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

She would then feed the clothes into the rollers and turn the crank to squeeze the excess water out so that she could hang the clothes on the line to dry.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Casting Luddites as anti-technology has mired a historical labor uprising as a destructive tantrum thrown by fearful, hidebound cranks.

From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026

Usually, though, he cranks up country music to “just disconnect for a little bit.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

You have soccer cranks who didn’t care about the sport 24 hours ago ready to march in the streets wearing shin guards and a full red-striped Waldo kit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

The partition that once sealed out the cranks and mediocrities has been permanently sundered.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2026

Sure, there are a few cranks who think the idea is stupid, or that we ripped it off from the paper clip school in Tennessee.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

Oil above $100 gets the headlines, but the effective price per barrel of diesel cranked out by refineries topped $200 last week before European countries agreed to release some stockpiles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

But eventually the four-time major singles winner found her rhythm and, after striking decisively at 6-5 to take the first set, she cranked up the power.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

As the ceremony continued, a DJ on a nearby stage cranked up the volume, and the pulsating music made it harder to hear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Shoaib Bashir almost got Mitchell to sweep to Archer, who cranked up for a final spell before the close.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

With the little light cranked up to 100percent—because there’s no way I’m going in there with it lower—my guess is I’ll have all of ten minutes to look around.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone

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

“He wants to get cranking again,” Roberts said, “but the doctors just aren’t allowing it and the body is not allowing for it right now.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

But the munitions strains placed on the U.S. and Iran underscore the importance of cranking out more weaponry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

Read more: The U.S. economy isn’t cranking out many jobs.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 23, 2026

I’m bone-tired from cranking on that winch but too excited to go to bed yet, so I go out on the dock and stand there under all the stars and admire the boat.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick