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Recent Examples of crushable
Their tropical cocktails and frozen delights are easily crushable, primarily made with vodka, mezcal, rum and tequila.
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Blair Crosby,
AJC.com,
5 July 2026
Will Irene make out with Phil and crush June’s easily crushable heart?
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Alice Burton,
Vulture,
20 Apr. 2026
And the Spanish gin and tonic, an easily crushable, clean and bright cocktail, is art in a glass, served with lemon, peppercorns and a veritable garden of fresh herbs floating within.
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Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Blair Crosby,
AJC.com,
5 July 2026
Will Irene make out with Phil and crush June’s easily crushable heart?
—
Alice Burton,
Vulture,
20 Apr. 2026
And the Spanish gin and tonic, an easily crushable, clean and bright cocktail, is art in a glass, served with lemon, peppercorns and a veritable garden of fresh herbs floating within.
—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crushable
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The second bottle, with confetti-ish contents, was equally useless—whatever had been inside had broken down into a friable mess.
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However, the fragile and friable nature of aged amber likely posed a significant challenge to its removal.
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If public-key cryptography becomes breakable, attackers can impersonate services, weaken the handshakes that set up secure sessions and forge signatures that make malicious code look legitimate.
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In order to become an official Guinness World Records title holder, records must be measurable, breakable, standardizable, verifiable, and substantially different from any other current record, according to the Guinness World Records website.
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Maybe that's why, in a moment when the country feels eggshell brittle, riding has become such an essential outlet for me—a way to turn my rage into forward motion.
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Containment actions should be proportional, reversible where possible and informed by multiple signals rather than a single brittle heuristic.
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Meanwhile Karl Lagerfeld designed exquisite Weimar Kabaret-ish costumes (these ultimately proved too fragile to attach Madonna's monitoring system to.
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Gas prices ease as economic anxiety lingers Gas prices have dropped sharply in the weeks since the fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran, surprising analysts who had warned drivers could be in for a summer of soaring fuel costs.
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But in the vast majority of cases, the planes come safely to a stop, saved in part by zones around runways that are supposed to contain only structures that are frangible, meaning designed to break easily upon impact.
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The barrier at the edge of the runway at Muan International Airport did not appear to be frangible, or have the ability to break apart, according to video footage and expert analysis, something investigators are likely to focus on.
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Rescuers then wait intently for any indication of life, using sensitive microphones or telescopic cameras or simply pressing an ear against the rubble, hoping to detect a voice, a knock or the faintest movement.
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So far, the administration has sued multiple states unsuccessfully in attempts to obtain sensitive voter-roll data to run through a federal database known as the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, program.
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“Crushable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crushable. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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