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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If that foundation isn’t strong, the entire system starts to crack.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025 -
Republicans made gains across the state last year and could make efforts to crack Tampa into several districts or redraw areas in the southern part of the state where Trump made inroads.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 July 2025
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Or make your own DIY mixture by melting down one or two tablespoons of coconut oil, three drops of lavender oil, and one cup of water.—
Jenn Barthole,
Glamour,
28 May 2025
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Falling home prices are raising the risk of a deeper correction as the housing market cracks under high mortgage rates Jason Ma Newsletters New York’s tech elite are melting down over the election of Zohran Mamdani.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
30 June 2025
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The District Attorney’s Office also said that in the year before her death, Brendan Doyle choked his mother in order to force her to write him two checks totaling $1,000.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 July 2025
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Trying to dislodge it, the rostrum punched through the gills, impaling the animal, dragging it down and slowly choking it to death.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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Bianchi and Jeff Gluck, our NASCAR experts, break down the stakes for the final round of the challenge, assess its relative success or failure and make predictions for that and the Brickyard 400.—
Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
26 July 2025
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Once settled through local mediation, these disputes have escalated into a major security threat as traditional systems of accountability break down.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
26 July 2025
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Reigns and Jey Uso hit a 1D, but the pinfall was broken up by Bron Breakker, who exhibited Wolverine-like recovery.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Why, exactly, did President Trump break up with Jeffrey Epstein?—
Holly J. Morris,
NPR,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Wig (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wig%20%28out%29. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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