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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cranking
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Venture further into its vast archives, and visitors will find over one thousand handwritten medieval manuscripts, fully illuminated with gold leaf, floral motifs, and winding Arabic calligraphy.—
Ryan Byrnes,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025 -
These contemporary seats look comfortable enough to support winding conversation well after dessert and nightcaps have been served.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
7 Oct. 2025
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Dense dust lanes can be seen coiling around Andromeda's glowing galactic center, which is thought to house a supermassive black hole 140 million times more massive than our sun.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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The defeat marked the second straight loss for the seemingly reeling Nittany Lions.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Each episode saw an actor pose as a teenager, uncovering a child predator in an anonymous online setting before reeling them in for an in-person meeting.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Cranking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cranking. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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