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Almost every step is accompanied by creaking floorboards, begging to tell the stories of the many locals who came before, sharing coffee and conversation.
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Olivia Lee, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2025
At one point, when extraction seemed impossible, the rescuers contemplated ripping up the home’s floorboards to reach the dog.
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
An indication of the stand’s age came via the sizeable gaps that had opened up in the floorboards, most likely due to the shrinkage of old timbers over time.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 May 2025
Sandberg effectively calibrates the silences in these moments — letting entire sequences play out with little sound expect a creaking floorboard, a heavy breath or the turn of the page — to ratchet up the tension.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025
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Olivia Lee, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2025
At one point, when extraction seemed impossible, the rescuers contemplated ripping up the home’s floorboards to reach the dog.
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
An indication of the stand’s age came via the sizeable gaps that had opened up in the floorboards, most likely due to the shrinkage of old timbers over time.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 9 May 2025
Sandberg effectively calibrates the silences in these moments — letting entire sequences play out with little sound expect a creaking floorboard, a heavy breath or the turn of the page — to ratchet up the tension.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Floorboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/floorboard. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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