creak (along)

as in to creep
to move slowly the line at the registry of motor vehicles was just creaking along

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Verb
  • His eyes dart to her as his thick mustache creeps up to reveal a half smile.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2025
  • McGee, Sam, Knight, and Torres creep onto the ship and split into teams of two.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • On the flip side, Jamal Murray dragged the Clippers for 43 points.
    Law Murray, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The officers then dragged Feliz out of his car, pulling his pants down and exposing his genitals in the process.
    Lourdes Rosado, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Freya crawled on top of her, interrupting the seizure.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Continue to update your site with new, high-quality blogs, and search engines will more frequently crawl your site.
    Tonia Ryan, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Then, around 200 million years ago, Pangaea began splitting apart, a geological breakup that formed the Atlantic Ocean, and eastern North America shuffled toward its current position on the globe.
    Alexandra Witze, JSTOR Daily, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The Phillies can shuffle their rotation with the benefit of two upcoming off days.
    Matt Gelb, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
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  • This has also become a reality because of the way the Panthers limped to the finish line, as Florida went 3-6-1 in its final 10 games.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
  • As the boy limped away, attempting to get on his bicycle, a deputy in uniform and a mask exited the driver’s side door of the car and barreled towards him, grabbing him by his shirt.
    Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Creak (along).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creak%20%28along%29. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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