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Spaziani welcomed the handful of reporters who had shown up—mostly from local Pennsylvania outlets—into the couple’s cozy living room, which featured a jumble of mismatched frames on the walls and red woven rugs over the creaky, warm wood floors.

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My elbow barks every time I bicep curl; my SI joint is creaky from sitting all day, which makes my glutes and lower back tight.

Say what you will about the creaky medium of soap operas — they’re still on the air and still beloved by their devotees.

After their bullpen managed to hold up a creaky bridge to the ninth inning, reliever Yohan Ramírez failed to complete a six-out save on his third consecutive day pitching, giving up two runs in the ninth and the walk-off score on a throwing error to third.

His administration has also poured billions of dollars into the country’s creaky infrastructure to lure investment, and notably streamlined its vast welfare program, which serves around 60% of the population and which his party is leveraging to try to win over poor and disillusioned voters.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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