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Recent Examples of creak
Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 23 Sep. 2024
On board the 30-foot Salford sailing whelk yacht, there’s silence except for the creak of ropes and gurgle of our wake.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2024
Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
Construction on the space station began in 1998, and the oldest parts of the ISS are now over a quarter-century old and are beginning to creak a little with increasing age.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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Noun
But Take Note There have been complaints of faulty bearings, and the ride can be a bit wobbly and loud, with some squeaks and creaks along the way.
—Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 23 Sep. 2024
On board the 30-foot Salford sailing whelk yacht, there’s silence except for the creak of ropes and gurgle of our wake.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2024
Verb
The bus began creaking and swaying, the wheels began wobbling, a double-digit loss at New Mexico, a home loss against UNLV, a near-disaster at Air Force.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025
Construction on the space station began in 1998, and the oldest parts of the ISS are now over a quarter-century old and are beginning to creak a little with increasing age.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for creak
Noun
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Here’s how: Instead of developing a general-purpose AI from scratch, new models will extract relevant medical knowledge from existing large language models (just like DeepSeek did using distillation).—
Robert Pearl,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Jarren Duran was slated to make his spring debut on Sunday but was a late scratch due to a sore calf.—
Mac Cerullo,
Hartford Courant,
23 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Indianapolis Colts: Malaki Starks, S, Georgia GM Chris Ballard likely groaned as another top tight end was picked just before the Colts were on the clock for the second straight year.—
Zac Jackson,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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Sure, there are cute ducks waddling around the encampment, but the groaning wind, dense forest, and unyielding mountains summon the series’ long-standing specter of pagan mysticism, as if the area were ruled by old gods who see the Wiskayok high-schoolers not as survivors but trespassers.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Following a close race that left the country in stasis for a month as votes were recounted, Bush did manage to squeak out a win and the dire situation Carvey’s H.W. could’ve prevented with one single shot seemed to come to fruition with the attack on 9/11.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
15 Feb. 2025
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The margin was still 16 in the second half before an 18-0 Aztecs run squeaked out a three-point win.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The accident left Natalya with facial injuries from the airbag deployment, while Andrew sustained minor scrapes on his arm.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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The school nurse found extensive bruising on her body and scrapes on her stomach, buttocks and knees.—
Anthony G. Brown,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Now even Sean McDermott, coach of the Bills team that lost to the Chiefs last Sunday in the AFC championship games, is running with the crowd and whining that a team having the kind of extraordinary run the Chiefs are having doesn’t get here without the refs.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
1 Feb. 2025
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Walter Lippmann in Public Opinion whines about this.—
Sean Illing,
Vox,
1 Feb. 2025
Verb
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At that point, all of the houses except Hauptman’s and a few nearby homes were on fire, multimillion-dollar properties crackling like twigs in a summer campfire.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2025
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The evening wraps up with a cup of hot cocoa near a crackling bonfire.—
Kay Johnson,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In this case, there’s not much in the way of medication that can help; Dr. Mercado notes that OTC drugs haven’t actually been proven effective for softening a bad rasp.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
13 Feb. 2025
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Vernon also lent his signature rasp to collaborations with some of the biggest stars in music, from Taylor Swift, Travis Scott, and Charli XCX.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Men writhe and moan in the shadows just out of sight as a young gay man walks through the dark room at Adonis, Copenhagen’s only gay sauna.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
27 Jan. 2025
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Shows that not all football teams need to be Champions League contenders and not all fans need to be moaning about the failings of their club.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Creak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creak. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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