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Recent Examples of creak
Nicolette Polek, Harper's Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
Empty as a ghost town in winter but overwhelmed with wall-to-wall tourists in summer, its infrastructure creaks under pressure.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
Hearts and minds creak open and snap shut over time, typically with forceful nudges.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The chapel was so old that creaks shuttered across the floor like lightning.
—Nicolette Polek, Harper's Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
Empty as a ghost town in winter but overwhelmed with wall-to-wall tourists in summer, its infrastructure creaks under pressure.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Verb
Looming over everything is the unyielding passage of time, from the quickly dwindling daylight to the players’ creaking knees.
—Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
Hearts and minds creak open and snap shut over time, typically with forceful nudges.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for creak
Noun
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Founders are already wrestling with self-doubt, market uncertainty, and the immense pressure of building something from scratch.—
David Nour,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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One challenge with creating a league from scratch, in Europe, will be the structure of player compensation.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Both fell to the floor — Delaney groaning in ecstasy, Williams screaming in agony.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2025
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My assumption is that most rational human beings would happily stay in a warm and cozy office and simply listen to the building creak and groan under the force of the violent gusts.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside Online,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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See this steel-case perpetual calendar model, a three-day automatic powered by the company’s 34th caliber developed in-house — but still squeaking in at less than $10,000, a fraction of what most Swiss makers command for a mechanical watch with a calendar that keeps up with leap years.—
Robin Swithinbank,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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House Bill 1277 squeaked out of the chamber with 33 votes, the minimum needed to clear the chamber; 30 representatives voted no, with some Democrats joining Republicans.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And the four-year-old was sporting a bruise and cuts under his right eye, having got into a recent scrape, the Daily Mail reported at the time.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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Morgan, who is one half of the women's tag-team champions, had a scratch across her stomach as well as multiple bruises and scrapes up and down her arms.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Callie hasn’t done much but whine about her suspension and yearn for a more meaningful connection with her mom this season, so a surprise killer role might shake things up for her storyline.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
21 Mar. 2025
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Sun Sentinel Dave Hyde: No need to overanalyze or whine — Heat suffering from Butler’s sabotage The Heat have lost eight straight games in a season gone south since Jimmy Butler quit on them and was traded.—
South Florida Sun Sentinel,
Sun Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The new artwork for Carrie & Lowell centers an image of Stevens’ mother and stepfather, enshrined in a crackling polaroid weathered by time.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2025
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As massive bolts of lightning and energy crackled, Frankenstein’s monster stirred on a laboratory table, its corpse brought to life by the power of electricity.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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One great thing about Hackman is that there was no alteration in the rounded rasp of his voice when the moral conditions changed.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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The soft rasp of her voice was a surprise, deeper than Sam would have expected from someone so small.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
12 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Ramirez said the detectives had found belongings near the storm drain entrance and heard what sounded like a woman moaning from inside the storm drain.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025
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Others had their heads and arms bandaged and were lined up on stretchers, moaning.—
Sui-Lee Wee,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Creak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creak. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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