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Recent Examples of crackled
Fireworks crackled over the center-field scoreboard.
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Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
Once the age checks were done, the opening bars to the FIFA anthem crackled through the stadium speakers, and the players filed onto the field, gripping the hands of the young local players escorting them.
—Ryan Lenora Brown, NPR, 14 June 2026
On a dazzling late-August day in the heart of Accra, the air around Kantamanto Market crackled with anticipation.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 June 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
Lightning strikes crackled through the clouds 37 times during the storm in Ada County, according to the meteorologist.
—Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 16 Apr. 2026
Though many were faded and dusty, the assemblages nevertheless crackled with an almost urgent vibrancy, beckoning the viewer closer.
—News Desk, Artforum, 30 Mar. 2026
That’s what Prager was dreaming of, at least, before the radio crackled below.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
Wind gusts buffeted the mountain and churned the air into a flurry of ice crystals that stung the climbers’ faces and crackled against their helmets.
—Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2026
Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
Once the age checks were done, the opening bars to the FIFA anthem crackled through the stadium speakers, and the players filed onto the field, gripping the hands of the young local players escorting them.
—Ryan Lenora Brown, NPR, 14 June 2026
On a dazzling late-August day in the heart of Accra, the air around Kantamanto Market crackled with anticipation.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 June 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
Lightning strikes crackled through the clouds 37 times during the storm in Ada County, according to the meteorologist.
—Hali Smith, Idaho Statesman, 16 Apr. 2026
Though many were faded and dusty, the assemblages nevertheless crackled with an almost urgent vibrancy, beckoning the viewer closer.
—News Desk, Artforum, 30 Mar. 2026
That’s what Prager was dreaming of, at least, before the radio crackled below.
—Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
Wind gusts buffeted the mountain and churned the air into a flurry of ice crystals that stung the climbers’ faces and crackled against their helmets.
—Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crackled
Verb
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Refn has made characters moving and speaking in a benzodiazepine fugue state — lines hissed out stiltedly into dead air, spoken like throwing stones down a well — his signature in recent films.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
19 May 2026
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His line drive hissed past a leaping Steffen for a 3-2 Miami lead.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
Verb
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As the wind kicked up, the wishes rustled, as if in conversation.—
Deborah Vankin,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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The tremors from Old Trafford also rustled the papers on the desk of Napoli’s sporting director Giovanni Manna.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Whereas the World Cup has long given way to the phenomenon of the English World Cup hype anthem (of these, New Order’s 1990 banger World in Motion is arguably the most listenable outside the context of the actual event), the tradition seems to have sputtered out.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
12 June 2026
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The tandem of Towns, Bridges and Hart started the matchup with much better percentages before the offense sputtered down the stretch of Game 3.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
9 June 2026
Verb
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Everyone from Tiffany Haddish, Remi Bader and Claire Kittle (who all made their runway debuts) to Camille Kostek, Alix Earle and all four of the Nader sisters — Sarah Jane, Mary Holland, Brooks Nader and Grace Ann — sizzled in sexy swimwear.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
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The AMAs sizzled, attracting over 40 million viewers.—
Lily Moayeri,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
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