crack down
Britishverb
noun
Example Sentences
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Amodei urged policymakers to crack down on “industrial-scale distillation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
She is urging the new prime minister "to crack down on firms pumping sewage into sea & rivers".
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Since police moved to crack down on tens of thousands of protesters in Delhi on Monday, the food has barely stopped arriving at the camp, tagged Jantar Mantar after a nearby astronomical observatory.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
South Korea meanwhile moved to crack down on leveraged ETFs tied to individual chip stocks, tripling minimum deposit requirements and suspending new listings, after a string of wild swings in SK Hynix and Samsung shares.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
One camper was washing up in an old red mop bucket with a crack down the side.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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