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But amid that creakiness emerges something new in Colman Dock, an aspirational statement about what the ferry system could once again become.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2023
By the end, I was less moved by Tony and María’s tragic love story, which veers expectedly between sweetness and creakiness, than I was by Spielberg’s sheer faith in the transporting power of movies.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2021
Yet this is an old story – not "old" in the stalwart, time-honored sense but in its creakiness.
From Salon • Jul. 18, 2020
For John, the biggest nuisance is his creakiness: the travelling back and forth is not always so great.
From The Guardian • Sep. 23, 2017
It was old, and the woodwork and creakiness reminded me of my house.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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