as in to creep
to move slowly
the line at the registry of motor vehicles was just creaking along
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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
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On the flip side, Jamal Murray dragged the Clippers for 43 points.—
Law Murray,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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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
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Freya crawled on top of her, interrupting the seizure.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
27 Apr. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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 6 May. 2025.
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