Example Sentences

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And while the highest earners, unsurprisingly, kept splurging, Visa didn’t see any signs that lower-income consumers were cracking.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

What's more, he points out, the city has a long humanist tradition; when other cities in medieval Europe were cracking down on free thinkers, Basel welcomed them.

From BBC • May 11, 2025

Police were cracking down on drivers who pulled over to take pictures, as joggers, cyclists and cars streamed by.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2022

Yellow tiles at the platform edges were cracking and flaking away after only 13 years, sooner than expected.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2022

I zipped myself all the way into the sleeping bag of myself, not because I was hurt, and not because I had broken something, but because they were cracking up.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer