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has cranked

  • present perfect
    of crank (3rd person singular).
    crank
    noun
    any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion from a hand, connecting rod, etc.

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Mohamed Salah's explosive interview has cranked up the pressure on struggling Liverpool head coach Arne Slot as open hostilities broke out at the troubled Premier League champions.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2025

Pixar has cranked out so many unnecessary sequels in the last decade that it’s easy to forget the lovely, satisfying way the “Toy Story” trilogy ended.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2024

Lemon has cranked up the slider so high that he has 15 words occupying four lines of text.

From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2023

Worthy had a slow start in the offense but has cranked it up the last two weeks with three touchdowns.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2022

Apple’s M1 Pro and M1 Max chips were a GPU-shaped warning to Nvidia and AMD last year, and now Apple has cranked up the heat with its new M1 Ultra.

From The Verge ● Mar. 9, 2022