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There are weak patches, but the four actors (Wilde, MVP Seth Rogen, Edward Norton and Penélope Cruz) keep it buoyant, with a crackling energy that makes the endless streams of overlapping talk play like jazz.
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Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 31 Jan. 2026
No grocery store runs or weekend workout classes—just a crackling fire and a classic movie on TV.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2026
The best of the bunch run the gamut from crowd-pleasing interpretations of tonka bean and leather to on-the-nose odes to a crackling fireplace.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2026
Ooh, Charlie is delivering that crackling energy back.
—William Earl, Variety, 11 Jan. 2026
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Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 31 Jan. 2026
No grocery store runs or weekend workout classes—just a crackling fire and a classic movie on TV.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2026
The best of the bunch run the gamut from crowd-pleasing interpretations of tonka bean and leather to on-the-nose odes to a crackling fireplace.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2026
Ooh, Charlie is delivering that crackling energy back.
—William Earl, Variety, 11 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crackle
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In 2017 Dikansh Parmar of the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change in Germany, rescued an Indian cobra (Naja naja) coiled around a train’s window bars that was hissing and, understandably, frightening passengers.—
Richard Kemeny,
Scientific American,
6 Feb. 2026
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If the pressure relief valve begins hissing or spraying water, then something is wrong.—
Timothy Dale,
The Spruce,
28 Jan. 2026
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The mystery of the dead cows was never solved, but Skeet and three other men were arrested for cattle rustling.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2026
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This tranquil setting, with the sounds of the waves and palm trees rustling in the tropical breezes, sets the tone.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Crackle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crackle. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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