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slip through the cracks

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  1. slip through the cracksverb

    to escape notice or lack sufficient attention

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of slip through the cracks in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of slip through the cracks in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of slip through the cracks in a Sentence

  1. Sarah Cook:

    At the same time, initially, officials might be a bit flat-footed and distracted dealing with an unexpected crisis so things slip through the cracks. Even censors within some social media companies may be sympathetic to some of the content and let it through.

  2. Ryan Mooney:

    I don't want the sexual predators to slip through the cracks, or [inaudible] these loopholes and these policies provide.

  3. Brittany Pettibone:

    Fascinating that the U.K. Border Force allows so many illegals to slip through the cracks, but it’s suddenly the most competent Border Force in the world when it comes to banning two female conservative independent journalists and an Identitarian activist.

  4. Jeff Marks:

    There were probably things we can do, we can probably screen more, but by and large we get great employees here. One is going to slip through the cracks every now and then. I'm very proud of our hiring record.

  5. Mohamud Mohamed:

    If he could slip through the cracks, who else could?


Translations for slip through the cracks

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  • durch die Ritzen schlüpfenGerman
  • deslizarse por las grietasSpanish
  • glisser entre les mailles du filetFrench
  • பிளவுகள் மூலம் நழுவTamil
  • 滑通過裂縫Chinese

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