creak
Example Sentences
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Investors have been hunting for which banks could be next to fall as the system creaks under the pressure of much higher interest rates.
From Seattle Times
The Internal Revenue Service, which funds nearly everything the federal government does, uses information technology that is creaking with old age.
From Washington Post
It doesn’t creak or grind disconcertingly when you open or close it, and the seams and tolerances are nice and tight.
From The Verge
MENDOCINO, Calif. — As a measure of both the nation’s creaking infrastructure and the severity of the drought gripping California there is the $5 shower.
From New York Times
As life creaks back open and friends reunite, this dilemma keeps coming up.
From Seattle Times
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