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There were crackheads in the neighborhood, and, once, his landlady’s dog was injured by gunfire.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026 Hunter Biden spent years being called a crackhead on the internet by Candace Owens.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
21 May 2026 George Clinton, interviewed in the film, says that the two were crackheads together.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025 The New York Post is like having the New York Times summarized for you by a crackhead.—
Hershal Pandya,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2024 Pity that crackhead tattooist wasn’t as artistic as the guy at the custom shop.—
Henry Everingham,
SPIN,
27 Feb. 2024 Found a dependable crackhead (an oxymoron almost always) in Vancouver, who, in exchange for free dope and low-percentage profit sharing, sold ounces for me.—
Mitchell S. Jackson,
New York Times,
20 Dec. 2023