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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cranked
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Once the squid gather near the surface, lines fitted with bait are lowered into the water and rapidly jerked up and down to imitate small prey such as shrimp, triggering strikes before the catch is reeled aboard.
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Derulo reeled backward after his foot gave way on the step below, sending him tumbling to the ground.
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These coiled, shelled relatives of squid and octopuses were abundant predators, hunting in the same waters as fish, turtles, sharks and extinct marine reptiles called plesiosaurs.
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Cottonmouths can be spotted swimming in the water, coiled on the bank, or in vegetation along the shore.
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He is believed to be in hiding after reportedly being wounded in the airstrike that killed his father.
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He reportedly was wounded in the attack that killed his father and has not been seen publicly since the war began.
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“Cranked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cranked. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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