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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crepitate
Verb
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Among the red seats of the David Geffen Theater, the atmosphere crackles with anticipation and a touch of anxiety.
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The staff was as warm and inviting as the space itself, with a fireplace crackling away next to an all-day self service coffee bar.
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Now with this loss, Scotland will finish third in their group and have to hope that the third-place teams in other groups have a worse goal differential to squeak their way in.
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Scotland has three points from its opening win over Haiti, and even with a 3-0 loss to Brazil could squeak in, depending on the results of the remaining group stage games.
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“Crepitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crepitate. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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