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creaking

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present participle of creak

as in groaning

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Wartman was still strapped in the car, groaning, Karras said.

— Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Working again with the vast Northeastern producer group $$$–almost all of whom are individually credited on, like, every track–Bank$ and his preacher friend talk to God over spare keys and groaning nautical machinery.

— Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of groaning

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It’s been 18 years since anyone’s heard the wheels of a shopping cart squeaking across the cement floor of Dillons in Shawnee.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026
Red Oak opened district play by squeaking past Mansfield (23-20), but the Hawks got drilled by Duncanville (42-0) to follow.

— Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of squeaking

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Just thank God you were born female and stop whining over your bad choices.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 2 Nov. 2026
While the left spent all week whining about Sophie Cunningham's hat and firing squad best practices, us PATRIOTS were biding our time, keeping our heads down, and grinding towards another weekend.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of whining

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It's been a big few months for Austin Abrams moaning and groaning his way through some of the worst situations imaginable.

— Megan McCluskey, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
For a cold moment the silence locked a grip on our table, though it was broken, at the edges, by the golf commentators moaning and harrumphing, Rory McIlroy having had a canary on a seventeenth fairway somewhere this championship Sunday.

— Kevin Barry, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of moaning

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The Senators’ most head-scratching trade of the summer, acquiring him for a 2027 sixth-round pick, has proved fruitless.

— Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2026
State inspections also cited other pests (roaches and flies), as well as staff hygiene issues, including one employee seen scratching their nose then handling clean utensils.

— Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026

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