The phrase "as they crack" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where something is breaking or being broken, often referring to a sound or action occurring simultaneously with the cracking.
Example: "The ice began to shift and groan as they crack under the weight of the skaters."
Alternatives: "as they break" or "as they split".
Viewers can witness hijackings and suicide bombings without losing sleep because debonair agents defend Western civilization and crack wise as they crack heads and global conspiracies.
As he was led into custody, it became clear that those in power in Russia have chosen not to be subtle as they crack down on the opposition.
Inequality, however, remains among the steepest in the world something that Mr Blair and the billionaires might find time to discuss as they crack open the champagne on May Day.
Do-gooders and democrats try to convince dictators to improve rule of law, while repressive regimes are more than happy to refer to "rule of law" as they crack down on dissent at home.
People go to the cinema, or slip in a DVD, to escape from the commercially saturated real world; much the same reason as they crack open a good book.
As they crack, break and disappear, members of the public are able to witness firsthand the death of Arctic ice.
Joined by cast members "Countess" LuAnn de Lesseps, Ramona Singer and Heather, Cohen dissected the "leg-endary" incident over and over, as they cracked up re-watching the footage.
A columnist in Saudi Arabia who published a commentary on women's rights has been detained by the authorities as they cracked down on a campaign by the kingdom's women this month to defy a ban on driving.
But the army soon cracked down on the Burmese bloggers, just as they cracked down on everything else.In a study of the internet in 40 countries (excluding Europe and the United States), OpenNet Initiative, an academic think-tank, says that censorship of the internet has spread from just a handful of countries five years ago to 26 nations.
Sure, "All the President's Men" tracked Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein as they cracked the Watergate story, but "Spotlight" doesn't merely depict the flash points in the Boston Globe investigation — it fills us in on the archival drudgery and the bureaucratic challenges of copying official documents.
The English spend most of their time denying what they feel and saying, "I'm fine, I'm fine" as they quietly crack up.' Her performances as these betrayed, abused women also afforded her revenge: she turned herself into a homicidal fury, lacerating her victims with her tongue just as Mrs Peel used to administer karate kicks with her catsuited limbs.
