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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.
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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.
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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.
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Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
Lightning strikes crackled through the clouds 37 times during the storm in Ada County, according to the meteorologist.
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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.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
30 Mar. 2026
That’s what Prager was dreaming of, at least, before the radio crackled below.
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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.
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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.
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His line drive hissed past a leaping Steffen for a 3-2 Miami lead.
Verb
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As the ocean breeze kicked up, the palms rustled around us.
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The tremors from Old Trafford also rustled the papers on the desk of Napoli’s sporting director Giovanni Manna.
Verb
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As Messi roared, his long-term rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, sputtered.
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The vacant plaza, including a former Stop & Shop and a former Bradlees discount store, was demolished in 2012, but progress on attracting new development sputtered in the years afterward.
Verb
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Gigi Hadid sizzled in an itty-bitty brown string bikini for a pool day with her daughter Khai, 5.
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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.
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“Crackled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crackled. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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