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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Cooling completely in a closed oven will prevent it from cracking too much.—
Martin Sorge,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025 -
Men and women, cats and dogs, electrical outlets and bathtubs: each detail cracks me up.—
Roz Chast,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Instead, the Chiefs melted down during a key stretch late in the first half and lost 40-22 to the Eagles.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
11 Feb. 2025
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Instead, the focus will be trying to harness his energy and keep him from melting down.—
Marc Caputo,
Axios,
21 Jan. 2025
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Lenin, a 1988 faux Fabergé egg choking on its rhinestones.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Per the incident report, Levin’s family members were right upstairs while he was being beaten and choked in the basement.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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Noem’s statement, published in the Federal Register on Saturday, doesn’t break down categories of Venezuelans whose TPS will end on April 7.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2025
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But in this study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, Bartolo and his team were able to break down the physics of the crowd's fluctuations.—
Jordan-Marie Smith,
NPR,
7 Feb. 2025
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There is an option to break up the Documentary shorts into two parts.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2025
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Teen romances Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between (2022) Before heading off to college, high school seniors Clara (Talia Ryder) and Aidan (Jordan Fisher) make a pact to amicably break up.—
Shannon Carlin,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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