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Recent Examples of creak
Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
In the opening moments, Loznitsa, working with the Romanian cinematographer Oleg Mutu, plants the camera before the prison gates, which open with a loud creak, allowing a fresh batch of emaciated arrivals to shuffle into a work yard.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Though overall inflation appears to be stabilizing, the uneven pattern hints at what some analysts see as a late-cycle economy — where headline numbers look steady, but the foundations begin to creak.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The creak of a hinge, the thrum of water running through the pipes.
—Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
In the opening moments, Loznitsa, working with the Romanian cinematographer Oleg Mutu, plants the camera before the prison gates, which open with a loud creak, allowing a fresh batch of emaciated arrivals to shuffle into a work yard.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
Verb
Or perhaps a constructive metaphor is better—a social order starts to creak into place.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Though overall inflation appears to be stabilizing, the uneven pattern hints at what some analysts see as a late-cycle economy — where headline numbers look steady, but the foundations begin to creak.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for creak
Noun
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Dish soap strips away the protective wax and can actually dull or damage the paint over time, leaving it more vulnerable to scratches and fading.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
8 Dec. 2025
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But solving each step from scratch required significant computational time, slowing the process.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Dec. 2025
Verb
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That initial thrill quickly crashed into groaning frustration when readers got to the end and realized they’d been left dangling on a devastating cliffhanger, in classic, unmatched Yarros fashion.—
Rebecca Yarros,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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The audience groaned at her words, prompting Griffin to snap back at the crowd.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Crow-Armstrong crushed a 403-foot solo home run to right field to force extra innings, where the Cubs eventually would squeak out a 3-2 win over the Giants.—
Andy Martinez,
Chicago Tribune,
7 June 2026
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But in early June last year, the Red Sox entered a series in New York at 30-34, nine games behind the first-place Yankees, before going 10-3 in their next 13 games, finishing the year on a 59-39 run and squeaking into the playoffs.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
6 June 2026
Noun
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This scrape shows you how quickly that window can turn into a firehose of personal data.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
4 Dec. 2025
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Beat in sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time; scrape side of bowl occasionally.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Don’t whine about his Northern California roots or love of the local nine.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
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Well, certainly a lot of whining about technology.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 June 2026
Verb
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Fireworks crackled over the center-field scoreboard.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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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
Noun
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Like Dijon, svn4vr uses a dexterous, soulful rasp to fight for emotional truth from within songs that occupy shifting senses of space and bear the seams of digital assembly.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
9 Apr. 2026
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Deep and smoky with impressive control and just a touch of Etta James rasp, Spiro’s is a voice not so much influenced by jazz legends like Winehouse or Nina Simone but rather a direct descendant.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But the viewers who moaned about struggling to hear the opening-ceremony performance could have easily filled in the blanks.—
Jon O'Brien,
Vulture,
11 June 2026
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And yes, that sound will dissipate and soon will be too faint for my human ears as it is absorbed into space, but Renee Gladman writes that spaces moan.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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“Creak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creak. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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