as in to crack
to yield to mental or emotional stress
with her claustrophobia, it wouldn't take a day for her to wig out on a submarine
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And while Joan wasn't there to crack a joke or steal the spotlight, the 57-year-old bride made sure her mom was part of the celebration.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025 -
On the flip side, this will allow AI to crack ciphers much faster.—
Chaim Mazal,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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That means the gold shipments from London go first to Switzerland, home of the world’s largest gold refineries, to be melted down and reformed into a smaller shape and then sent on to New York.—
Eshe Nelson,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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On view at the gallery were three sculptures that look melted down amalgamations of iconic contemporary artists’ work like Yayoi Kusama and Anish Kapoor, as well as modern and pre-modern artists.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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Drummond stops choking Mark and backs off slowly, then smashes the pistol from Lorne’s hand.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Our beaches are full of these pieces of plastic that end up choking our marine life and polluting our waterways.—
Steve Padilla,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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Natalie broke down how the turmoil within the Brazilian FA, coupled with a shortage of top-class coaches, has led to the team’s recent struggles on the pitch.—
The Totally Football Show,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Big words indeed, so can Calkins a team break down exactly how, when, why and where AI at the business process level manifests itself and executes?—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The basketball-centric solution for the ACC would be a merger or alliance of some kind between the Big East and the ACC, which would be akin to a reassembling of the original Big East, which should never have been broken up to begin with.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
21 Mar. 2025
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The band, which broke up in 2016, reunited two years ago to perform a series of concerts.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Wig (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wig%20%28out%29. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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