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Recent Examples of crackles
Among the red seats of the David Geffen Theater, the atmosphere crackles with anticipation and a touch of anxiety.
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Entertainment Weekly,
22 June 2026
Over the weekends, a live pianist performs; the wood-burning fireplace crackles away seven days a week.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 June 2026
His voice crackles over the radio.
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Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
22 May 2026
Firstly, a wood-fire oven crackles from behind the counter, where employees toss pizza dough that’s been made that morning.
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Kansas City Star,
8 May 2026
This anger crackles around him like a smoldering fire, igniting and engulfing everyone from the workers on his farm, his meek sister Férula (Fernanda Castillo), to Clara and, eventually, to their daughter, Blanca (Sara Becker and later Fernanda Urrejola), Alba’s idealistic mother.
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Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
As the fire crackles, groups of children go around the neighborhood singing Lohri songs.
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Tamanna Nangia,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
The whole show crackles with anything-can-happen energy.
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Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
The dynamic between Portman and Ortega crackles with a specific kind of tension — the older woman who sees her younger self and resents it, the younger woman who sees her future and fears it.
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Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
Refinery29,
28 Jan. 2026
Entertainment Weekly,
22 June 2026
Over the weekends, a live pianist performs; the wood-burning fireplace crackles away seven days a week.
—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 June 2026
His voice crackles over the radio.
—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
22 May 2026
Firstly, a wood-fire oven crackles from behind the counter, where employees toss pizza dough that’s been made that morning.
—
Kansas City Star,
8 May 2026
This anger crackles around him like a smoldering fire, igniting and engulfing everyone from the workers on his farm, his meek sister Férula (Fernanda Castillo), to Clara and, eventually, to their daughter, Blanca (Sara Becker and later Fernanda Urrejola), Alba’s idealistic mother.
—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
As the fire crackles, groups of children go around the neighborhood singing Lohri songs.
—
Tamanna Nangia,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
The whole show crackles with anything-can-happen energy.
—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
The dynamic between Portman and Ortega crackles with a specific kind of tension — the older woman who sees her younger self and resents it, the younger woman who sees her future and fears it.
—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
Refinery29,
28 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crackles
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Gaga hisses to her hair and makeup team after Priestly swans away.
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Carrie’s voice hisses in my ear.
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Birds chirp, and the breeze rustles the leaves.
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Even Super Dog makes an appearance — cape, mask and all — ready to leap into action the moment a snack bag rustles.
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Color quality is awesome, and contrast really pops.
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Spielberg didn’t film those terrifying closeups of the shark – like when Jaws pops up as Brody is shoveling the bloody chump slick in the water — until Day 92.
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But for ordinary Americans, for those of us without fame, wealth, or connections, the machinery of justice often sputters.
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This will be a close game while the Eagles offense sputters against the Seahawks defense, and the offense hears a few boos in the second half.
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“Crackles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crackles. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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