squeal
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And as “Blow Out” reminds us, all it takes to be pulled into this vicious riptide is the squeal of a shot-out tire skidding against the asphalt.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
When they get their money, they run madly for the exits, bowling over anyone in their path, and they squeal away in their cars, leaving tire tracks on the road.
From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2025
The word “try” is banned—if a student says it, Lee lets out a squeal so loud that the teaching assistant on the other side of the wall can hear it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
Children squeal in delight at the baby rave at the Roxy as Kuma the monkey, Lenny Pearce’s sidekick, hypes up the crowd.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025
Just as the shuttle is about to touch down, a squeal like an incoming missile hits us.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
As labor continued, she got into a squatting position; she let out some squeals and her tail flapped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
The squeals from the crowd take us back to the 1940s, but the quality of the music itself is timeless.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
"These crows rise early and interrupt our sleep with their annoying squeals and cawing," Mombasa resident Victor Kimuli told the BBC.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2024
"I've lowered my standards and my expectations," she squeals whilst buying art and riding in bumper cars.
From Salon ● May 26, 2024
Baby Sumaiya squeals and bangs her toy on the coffee table, drooling with a big toothless grin.
From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan
This morning, I actually squealed when the library emailed to say my hold on “The Wind in the Willows”—a book I first read in sixth grade—was ready for pickup.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
A chocolate brown Great Dane puppy with blue eyes and a teal collar sitting on a tile floor gazed at me from my computer screen — I squealed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
Picking up best pop act, Dean squealed "no way" and added: "Pop music is kind of confusing. I don't really know what it means but I think it's about togetherness and making people feel good."
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
When a baby squealed while Biden was talking to donors in Chicago on Wednesday about Republicans, the president ad libbed, “I don’t blame you kiddo.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
Finally, she couldn’t contain herself any longer and squealed, “Isn’t it beautiful?”
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Another gawked in horror as a squealing toddler tore through the store while their mom examined the chocolate moon rocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
The expedient is to search for places where you can raise money with a minimum of squealing.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2024
The farmers and miners got to hear the most intoxicating music on Earth from brassy cornet players and driving saxophonists, exotic trombone mutes, squealing trumpets and sultry clarinets.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024
The music layers stately chamber-pop with heaving, squealing noise, then eases toward folky resignation.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
With a squealing of wheels on the rutted ground, Marco erupted into view.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
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