CREAKS (ALONG) Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

creaks (along)

verb

present tense third-person singular of creak (along)

as in drags

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

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The revision came amid scrutiny of the administration’s handling of casualty data as the Middle East conflict drags on.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 24 July 2026
Raimundo Orsi, Italy vs Czechoslovakia, 1934 Orsi drags Italy level with nine minutes to go, controlling a bouncing ball and turning superbly in the box to fire past Czech goalkeeper and captain Frantisek Planicka.

— Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026

Definition of drags

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Complexity slowly creeps in, via the boardroom, presentations, decisions, relationships and finally, the ability to serve the consumer and the very reason why the company exists in the first place.

— Sonal Jain, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
As our conversation extends into the hour mark, her hood creeps upward along the side of her face most visible to those around us.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 23 June 2026

Definition of creeps

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On a cloudy-white Sunday morning in June, Joey Phelps shuffles into the familiar back pew of Yeakley Chapel, the small Methodist church that has been a part of his life for nearly 50 years.

— Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2026
As though on cue, Wardrobe — my beloved, and giant, closet — shuffles over from the corner of my room, the mahogany wood groaning with the effort.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026

Definition of shuffles

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As Hogi pokes a hole in this plot and shatters the industrial love complex we’ve been sold song after song, movie after movie, the workplace version of this unhealthy relationship presents a familiar parallel.

— Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Perched on a finger of land that pokes into Lebanon, Metula is usually crowded with tourists this time of year.

— Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 23 June 2026

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