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How to pronounce creek in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms brook
Type of watercourse, stream
Has types brooklet


the creek dried up every summer.
Type Words
Type of native american, amerindian

Examples of creek

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Creek held a two-stroke lead at the turn after playing the front at 2-under par.
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The creek bed used to be 5 feet deep and now it's almost 18 feet deep in places.
From the desmoinesregister.com
Creek suffered a stress fracture in his patella Saturday night against Michigan.
From the courier-journal.com
As the trail splits, you'll pass over a small creek, then go through the tunnel.
From the charlotteobserver.com
There's talk of making repairs and creek improvements to start it working again.
From the courier-journal.com
The soldiers scurry into a dry creek bed where they huddle as the whiz overhead.
From the abcnews.go.com
Over the years, Charlotte has abused, channeled and paved over its creek system.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Engineers are in the permitting process for a River Oaks outfall into the creek.
From the news-journalonline.com
When DHEC staff members tested a creek in June, they found high bacteria levels.
From the thestate.com
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