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Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 14 June 2024
Then there’s the steering of a land yacht and suspension that creaks and rattles over just about any road imperfection.
—Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 8 May 2024
Harris Irfan, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2015
Riots took hold disproportionately in cities and towns suffering from high levels of deprivation; places where, over recent years, people have increasingly seen the creaking foundations of the British state through a lens that focuses unforgivingly on migration.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 10 Aug. 2024
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Noun
But instead of a dramatic boom of a dynamite implosion or the smack of a wrecking ball striking the 1200 building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, all that spectators heard Friday were creaks.
—Jimena Tavel, Miami Herald, 14 June 2024
Then there’s the steering of a land yacht and suspension that creaks and rattles over just about any road imperfection.
—Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 8 May 2024
Verb
Indeed, bank profit is emotive subject for Muslims, particularly when set in the context of a world economy creaking ominously under the weight of capitalism.
—Harris Irfan, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2015
Riots took hold disproportionately in cities and towns suffering from high levels of deprivation; places where, over recent years, people have increasingly seen the creaking foundations of the British state through a lens that focuses unforgivingly on migration.
—Rob Picheta, CNN, 10 Aug. 2024
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“Creak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creak. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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