screech
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In fact, any birder will tell you that the sky-rending screech that accompanies bald eagles in most media depictions actually belongs to a red-tailed hawk.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026
Pareja then saw the housing market screech to a halt during the Great Recession, a crisis in which subprime mortgages were a central cause.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 12, 2025
"He was very, very loud when he first arrived – it was like a strong screech," she said.
From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025
Life doesn’t screech to a halt after a Pollyanna rom-com ending, just like love isn’t cast in amber, destined to be preserved forever.
From Salon • Jun. 14, 2025
A loud scraping screech came from the trees.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
Vocabulary lists containing screech
"The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry
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