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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A certain perception of Arsenal’s mental frailties persists, as if this is not just the same team that faltered in the final stages in 2022-23 but the same one that habitually cracked under pressure in the later years of Wenger’s tenure.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026 -
Directed by Stacey Lee and produced by Jon Watts, the three-part documentary series (inspired by the iHeart Media podcast of the same name) chronicles a high school sociology class trying to crack a local cold case.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
30 Jan. 2026
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Sidestep a financial wrangle if someone is melting down.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Jan. 2026
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The shorter the line, the less likely there will be a melt down (and melt downs mean having to spend precious time decompressing someplace quiet, or possibly having to end the entire excursion early and going back to the hotel).—
Priscilla Blossom,
Parents,
2 Jan. 2026
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Kenya choked under the dictatorship of Daniel arap Moi, who ruled from 1978 to 2002.—
Binaifer Nowrojee,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
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Just weeks after heroically saving a neighbor’s choking 1-year-old girl, an NYPD officer was at it again, saving the life of a 2-year-old boy who had stopped breathing in his Bronx home.—
Barry Williams,
New York Daily News,
29 Jan. 2026
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Their motions are often planned offline and break down when real-world conditions change.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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Below, the beauty experts break down essential steps to keeping your skin barrier smooth and supple—single digit degrees be damned!—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
28 Jan. 2026
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Kendricks wound up making the game-saving play by breaking up the fourth-down pass to Goedert.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Eagles drove deep into 49ers territory, but linebacker Eric Kendricks broke up Jalen Hurts’ pass for Dallas Goedert on fourth-and-11 to seal the win.—
Michael Nowels,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Wig (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wig%20%28out%29. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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