crackling
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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
Flames roared through crackling pine trees on Thursday as a wildfire gained ground on the coast of southwestern France, forcing more than 20,000 tourists and residents to flee to safety.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Don’t be afraid of any crackling; cumin seeds should sizzle when fried.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026
Yet today it reads like a crackling radio dispatch from a quaint age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
I felt it like the crackling static of a wireless.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Flag isn’t like the Baxters’ other animals: He can’t pull a plow, track a bear, provide milk, or become a plateful of cracklings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
Jaíne again turns to her native country of Brazil, making plantain gnocchi, pan-fried in duck fat with cracklings and orange sauce.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2022
The increased heat turned the top layer of fat into something like pork cracklings.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2020
Mozzarella and Parmesan combine with cotiya cheese to make chicharrons de queso — basically cheese cracklings.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2018
I restack picture books and place the toys back in wooden bins while she sweeps for cookie crumbs, egg splots, cracklings of hard candy.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
