crackling

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The camera cuts to Elizabeth’s actual surroundings: a New York City apartment, where the radiator clacks and hisses in place of a crackling fire, and the view is brick, not snow-dusted pasture.

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2025

The delegation from the U.K. fled their pavilion, abandoning coffee and snacks after a hole appeared in the tent roof, lightning crackling in the sky.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

On a crackling night in Glasgow, substitute Kieran Tierney found the net from outside the box to restore the home side's lead in the 93rd minute.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

These include a recipe for crackling bread that begins, “First, catch your pig.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

For a long while there were no sounds in the room except the crackling of wood in the big stove.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell