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have cracked

  • present perfect of crack.

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Since then, government's around the world have cracked down on the smuggling of the chips.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Recently, both Amazon’s and Google’s TV apparatuses have cracked down on sideloading—the practice of downloading apps from third-party providers—by exclusively permitting downloads from their parent companies’ authorized app stores.

From Slate May 3, 2026

"We don't think we could have cracked it without the full team," de Crécy-Lagard said.

From Science Daily Apr. 7, 2026

Leaving Wimbledon last July, I was more than a little worried that Sinner may have cracked Alcaraz and we were about to go from the “Sincaraz” Era to the era of Sinner Stands Alone.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 2, 2026

He thought two of his ribs might already have cracked from trying not to laugh.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling