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Example sentences for: crank

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One way to protest would be to follow the "crank" critics in acknowledging that movies such as Deep Impact and Small Soldiers don't require evaluation.
The cruise ships crank up their flood lights, and the parties begin.
Time is the latest magazine to discover that "crank" (smokable methamphetamine) is sweeping the heartland.
-- Call Me a Crank
Brookhaven National Laboratories will crank up its Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, a nuclear accelerator designed to replicate the Big Bang.