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screeching

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verb

present participle of screech

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Taurus April 20 – May 20 Speeding through life might be setting you up for a screeching halt. Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2024 Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Billions in trade came to a screeching halt at U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports after members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) began walking off the job after 12:01 a.m. ET on October 1. Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024 But in the midst of her meteoric rise, Levesque’s commercial success came to a screeching halt when disputes at her label, Blackground Records, forced her into musical limbo for nearly a decade. Erin McMullen, TIME, 13 Sep. 2024 The union called a work stoppage against 10 of the major game developers in July, when more than 18 months of negotiations came to a screeching halt over AI. Katie Campione, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for screeching 

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“Screeching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screeching. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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