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Recent Examples of creak
Laura Poppick
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
That includes the lack of affordable housing and creaking transport infrastructure — as anyone on a hot, dirty and cramped Central Line tube on their morning commute to work will attest.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 14 July 2025
Gabino Iglesias, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Photo : Icon 4x4 For this prototype, sound-deadening materials and carpeting were absent in order to help locate newfound creaks and rattles that a V-8 engine might cover up.
—Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2025
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Noun
What once sat blank and unmoving begins to flow and creak and jerk beneath its own weight.
—Laura Poppick
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
That includes the lack of affordable housing and creaking transport infrastructure — as anyone on a hot, dirty and cramped Central Line tube on their morning commute to work will attest.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 14 July 2025
Verb
Like any old building, Larkin Lodge has creaks and drafts, but Emily thinks there’s more going on.
—Gabino Iglesias, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Photo : Icon 4x4 For this prototype, sound-deadening materials and carpeting were absent in order to help locate newfound creaks and rattles that a V-8 engine might cover up.
—Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for creak
Noun
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But building a domestic supply chain from scratch isn’t easy.—
Merritt Enright,
CNBC,
8 Aug. 2025
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The first nuclear reactors built from scratch in the U.S. in decades were completed seven years late and $17 billion over budget.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Cows in a nearby field groaned loudly, almost like they too were annoyed.—
Caoimhe O'Neill,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
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Of course, each episode features Frog cheering up Toad about something, Toad groaning and worrying, and their forest friends playing supporting roles in their adventures.—
Vulture Editors,
Vulture,
23 July 2025
Verb
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Earlier this year, the Sony Pictures’ Keke Palmer–SZA buddy comedy One of Them Days squeaked out a small profit, grossing $51 million on a $14 million budget (a sequel is reportedly in the works).—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
4 Aug. 2025
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Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo squeaked out a slight lead over Democratic mayoral primary winner and state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani in a two-way race, a new poll Tuesday shows.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 July 2025
Noun
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Keep any injuries, cuts, or scrapes clean and disinfected.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
10 Aug. 2025
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The Florida Department of Health warns against entering the water with fresh cuts or scrapes and advises immunocompromised individuals to wear protective footwear to avoid injuries from rocks and shells on the beach.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The Blue Heeler/Catahoula mix doesn’t just whine and bark.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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The sales exceptions seem to be backlist dystopian fiction and books by and for the fascists, that is, right-wing memoir and culture war whining.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
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But at least the whole street comes together in the end, with someone strumming a guitar as the pages crackle.—
Adrienne Matei,
The Atlantic,
13 Aug. 2025
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Perched above the busy, cobblestoned Old Town streets, the restaurant's stone fireplace dominates the space, crackling with the same wood fires that have cooked peka for millennia.—
Jenn Rice,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
Noun
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The soulful rasp of his voice bellowed through the open-roof into the Nashville night.—
Bryan West,
The Tennessean,
30 May 2025
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Wallen has abandoned the panting rasp of his mid-twenties, and now performs with force and depth.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
16 May 2025
Verb
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The sound of a heavy machine motor moaned from a tractor evening out the soil covering an oval enclosure, about the size of a football field.—
Jon-Michael Banks,
Kansas City Star,
31 July 2025
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Liam was basically telling the people who were moaning about a younger band to get stuffed.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
30 July 2025
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“Creak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creak. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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