crank in
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The old crank in me wished that I laughed harder than I did.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2025
There’s a mode that tasks you with mashing the A button as many times as possible in 10 seconds and a safecracking mini-game where you rotate the crank in search of three numbers.
From The Verge ● Apr. 26, 2022
“You put the piece of metal in the lathe, you turn the crank in the direction of the arrow, and you can have a job,” he continued.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 16, 2020
Sometimes she gets this wounded, longing moan in her voice that just turns a crank in your heart.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2018
Restorers also discovered a sophisticated set of gears on the crank in the tube that enabled the crew rotating the crank to propel the sub faster by moving water rapidly through the tube.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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