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The set begins with a crackle and a hum on “The Outside,” as if tuning into a faint radio transmission from the other side of the world, and then Ms. Bridgers’s voice arrives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

The beeping of damaged cars and the crackle of downed electrical wires echoed through streets that were otherwise eerily quiet.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

When he sat up, he heard the skin on his stomach crackle.

From Slate ● May 13, 2026

We go inside people’s private dreams that are shot like old filmstrips and deteriorate with a snap, crackle and pop.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

There were lights on the midway, and you could hear the crackle of the gambling machines and the music of the merry-go-round and the voice of the man in the beano booth calling numbers.

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White

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

Except the story crackles with little distortions: Mirrors and bird cages appear with eerie frequency, paintings vanish from a wall, and other oddities complicate the narrative.

From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2024

Fire officials have seen a significant increase in fireworks displays this week and expect a surge of crackles and bursts at the midnight passage into 2023.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2023

The force field crackles out of existence without its summoner.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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

When their signal returned, Koch’s voice crackled back to Houston with a message for humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026

Against her blue hair and bold, pink doll-head suit, the orange backdrop crackled with energy — it was perfect.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 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

Music beat a steady rhythm from a huge stereo on the back porch; the bonfire crackled a short distance away.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

But on his new solo album, “Thrasher,” he trades the Killers’ gleaming, synth-laced rock for the crackling sound of hand-played country music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

Worshipers sat on long wooden benches under a bamboo-and-steel roof, ceiling fans turning slowly overhead and loudspeakers crackling with reminders to be kind and to behave well.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Skies over Le Porge turned orange as smoke rose from charred and crackling pine trees, while helicopters made repeated runs over deserted neighbourhoods.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

Only then, with the captain well fed and drowsy by the crackling fire, did Madame Babushkinov casually mention that there had been news, such wonderful news, nothing short of a miracle!

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood