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Recent Examples of crackle
Jamie reading The Hobbit to the kids around a crackling fire.
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
That film crackled with undertones of class, sexuality and politics, with Dirk Bogarde playing the sociopathic manservant to acclaim.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 15 May 2026
And then, crackling across the radio in both Gemini 7 and Mission Control, just nine days before Christmas of 1965, came a tiny, tinny chorus of Jingle Bells, performed live, on a small harmonica and small set of bells—contraband Schirra had smuggled aboard his ship.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 May 2026
There were crackling sounds coming from the radio, someone speaking over the noise of a crowd.
—Fran Moreland Johns, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
That film crackled with undertones of class, sexuality and politics, with Dirk Bogarde playing the sociopathic manservant to acclaim.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 15 May 2026
And then, crackling across the radio in both Gemini 7 and Mission Control, just nine days before Christmas of 1965, came a tiny, tinny chorus of Jingle Bells, performed live, on a small harmonica and small set of bells—contraband Schirra had smuggled aboard his ship.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 May 2026
There were crackling sounds coming from the radio, someone speaking over the noise of a crowd.
—Fran Moreland Johns, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crackle
Verb
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To test the concept, the team equipped Madagascar hissing cockroaches with a lightweight wearable backpack capable of collecting physiological and behavioral data.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
30 May 2026
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This might be as simple as a public argument – hissing whispers in an elevator.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
Verb
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Chongqing-style chicken rustling with red chiles, mapo tofu and gentle Hainan chicken rice check boxes for mass appeal.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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The man looked at me in a rustling way, swaying toward me, his Styrofoam plate of angel hair and cherry tomatoes dotted with tiny black seeds like ants’ eyes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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“Crackle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crackle. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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