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scream

[skreem] / skrim /




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There’s a glorious power scream at the end that parallels similar unrestrained, slightly unhinged sounds from the guitars.

From Salon Aug. 25, 2026

Inside we're hurting but it doesn't mean we all have to shout and scream and come out and create some chaos.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

When he made that 54-yard field goal, the longest of his career, in eighth grade, he did not scream.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

Zhang Xue wept with joy and furiously waved a Chinese flag as he watched his company's superbike scream across the finish line four seconds ahead of competitors in only its third world championship race.

From Barron's Aug. 9, 2026

“We should hear a scream all the way from Michigan in about two days,” I reported.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

“Nothing in the current outlook screams massive incremental power-burn demand.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

“Outer Banks” is aggressively meh, and there’s not much else that screams to be watched this month.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

Another resident spoke of downloading a smartphone app to track decibel levels throughout the day, intending to document the noise of the coaster screams and report any violations.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

"My daughter screams all day and is afraid," she says, adding that Yusha has become paranoid about planes falling from the sky.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

First by the screams of solidarity, then by the group chanting, “Justice! Justice! Justice!” over and over again.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

The man in front of us dropped to his knees, threw his hands to the sky, and screamed that he never thought he would live to see his country score in a World Cup.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Related: ‘I’ve yelled, screamed and cried’: My mother gave $400K to online scammers.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

"UTV! VTID" they screamed alongside a red love heart and the muscular arm emoji.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

Somebody else might have made a stand, kicked and screamed, said, “If they go, I go. ”

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

Jack screamed after her, but either she didn’t hear him or didn’t care, because she didn’t even slow down.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

When he saw what he had captured, he said: "I was so extremely happy. I was screaming, so I probably woke up all the polar bears for miles."

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

The downpour turned the path—uphill, then downhill, then uphill again—into a slick mess of red clay and rock; every step had my blisters screaming in a new language.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

The blur outside becomes enveloping and unfathomable; the universe inside the car evolves as the friends invent tension-defusing rituals to keep from screaming at one another.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

And that assumes you have the stomach to buy when the headlines are screaming that things are about to get worse.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

There’s a voice in my head screaming at me that I’m being horrible and to take it all back, but it honestly felt kind of good to let some of it out.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell




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