Words similar to crack

Example sentences for: crack

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In that case, a low-status man who wants to crack the social barriers (and who cares about his offspring) must save enough to purchase high-status mates for both himself and his children.
By freeing the hostages, Milosevic has opened a crack in the door on the eve of the meeting between Clinton and Russian mediator Viktor Chernomyrdin.
The Net: The Crack of the '90s
An article profiles Leon Wieseltier, the crack literary editor of the New Republic . Wieseltier virtually dropped out of sight after hobnobbing with the literati elite during his mid-'80s "summit of punditry."
The Westchester, N.Y., setting makes the story read like "Cheever country on crack" (Norah Vincent, the Boston Globe ). "People will be talking about this one" ( Kirkus Reviews ). (Read an excerpt of the novel here.)