crackle
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The banter between the two gives McDonagh’s script its usual comic crackle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
He had no choice but to turn it away as warnings of attacks continued to crackle over the radio.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
When he sat up, he heard the skin on his stomach crackle.
From Slate ● May 13, 2026
Aref Montazeri, a rising-star artist, had just finished breakfast in his fifth-floor apartment overlooking Tehran when he heard the first crackle of war nearly two months ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
The pages crackle like the ones in Maman's Belle-book as I turn them.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
From their first meeting, the air between them crackles with . . . something.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2025
When Cymone, wearing a dress fashioned out of a trash bag, and Seifert take the stage later with drummer Zoey Su, and bassist Lucy Fraser, the sold-out room crackles with energy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025
Everyone laughs and a few people nod knowingly as pops and crackles erupt from all over the room.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025
"I've since been back to the GP as my breathing is still painful and he has found crackles in my lungs," Mrs Hollingworth said.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2025
The radio bleeps and buzzes and squawks and crackles so much that it's impossible to hear a word.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
A desperate voice crackled down the phone -- Mariano Nkogo Mba Nchama's 22-year-old son pleaded for help to get home to Equatorial Guinea from Ukraine, where he is fighting for the Russian army.
From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026
Around 11 p.m., communication suddenly crackled back to life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
Thunder and lightning crackled over the strobing sky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
A moment everyone remembers is the time a very young Christina Aguilera played a Lilith sidestage, and the crew radios crackled with excitement and encouragement to not miss it.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2025
Toby blocked everything else out until the intercom crackled and the office assistant’s voice broke into the classroom.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
Simon soon picks up a handheld CRT device to help with sneaking - a clever updated version of another staple of the Silent Hill series: the crackling radio.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Gone are the vivid blues and warm oranges and greens, crackling against film grain, that did so much heavy lifting for the first film’s leaden plot.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Wisps of smoke rose from charred or crackling tree trunks between Le Porge and the village of Lege-Cap-Ferret to the south, AFP journalists said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
One firefighter picking up hoses on Jan. 2 found crackling red-hot coals in the dirt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
She cleaned it as well as she could with Uncle Kufa’s broken knife and soon had it boiling over a crackling fire.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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