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She heard music everywhere: a spoon banging against a cooking pot, the honking of geese overheard, the creak and slam of a screen door.

From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2026

But leading into the pandemic, Germany’s industrial base started to creak as car production slowed down and government investment stalled under former Chancellor Angela Merkel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026

She’s used to hearing provisional bleachers creak under sunscreen-slathered fans as music buzzes through nearby portable speakers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2025

The metal deck plates on some boats creak and wobble underfoot.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2023

It’s the type of estate that must be full of hidden doorways and secret passages, a sprawl of a mansion whose stairs creak and speak, while the windows rattle on the wind.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

As French firefighters struggle to contain the worst wildfires in living memory with just 12 aerial water bombers, production of the iconic aircraft creaks along half a world away in a Canadian factory.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

When Ms. Beetz sums up her ordeal by saying, “Rich people,” the script’s reach for significance is so awkward it creaks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

Collectively, the team's defence, which has kept opposition shuttling sideways for the past year, was suddenly full of creaks and creases for Scotland to exploit.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026

The painting creaks with fecund joy, as if it wants to go on flourishing.

From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

The floors and walls murmured to each other in creaks and groans.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn

It creaked past his shelter, past the collapsed buildings and ravaged orchards towards the west, away from the Yellow Line.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

So, just shy of 80 years since its launch, the trams of Druzhkivka have creaked their way around the city for the last time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

The tram creaked past deserted factories that once produced mining equipment and porcelain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

"Derry Girls just creaked the door open ... because there's such trust in the fact that people will watch a story about that place, about those people," she said.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

The door creaked open the slightest bit, hopefully not enough to be noticeable if anyone was watching from the other side.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

A score by Latham and Shelby Gaines balances discordant, atonal tones with suspense-driven sound design that captures the creaking noises of the forest and the concealed dangers it holds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Liam's riff on Mick Jagger's creaking limbs is worth the price of admission alone.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

With its tar-soaked rigging, creaking oak deck and 50 spruce oars, Draken Harald Harfagre is the largest modern replica of a Viking ship.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

That has pushed a system, already creaking under years of under-investment and trade sanctions, to the point of collapse.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

We tiptoe through the darkness, the floorboards creaking loudly beneath our feet.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston