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Example sentences for: cracked

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Once too many people have cracked the code — most important, when those who have done so are in some way opposed to the anti-language's users — the language becomes obsolete and dies.
On CNN's Capital Gang , Al Hunt of the Wall Street Journal cracked that "Bush was a little bit Clintonian, flying back from Michigan to feel the pain."
Some say the justices should simply rule that sexually explicit material isn't as dangerous for children as it's cracked up to be, and therefore, free speech should prevail.
Belgrade, no longer restrained by Tito's aversion to exacerbating ethnic conflict, cracked down.
Last year, Arafat cracked down on Hamas after a string of bombings in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, arresting more than 1,200 suspected terrorists, destroying Hamas safe houses, and confiscating its weapons caches.