scream
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And Thatcher’s other film roles in 2023’s “The Boogeyman” and a bit part in the following year’s “MaXXXine” certainly don’t help Hollywood’s perception of her as a wannabe scream queen.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
Once it gets going, “Oak Street” makes the audience squirm, scream and laugh for nearly an hour, and I had a great time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Two outcomes that scream failure on a baseball diamond are striking out and making an error.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 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
“Mamá, what happened? Tell me. Why did you scream like that? You scared me.”
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
“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
Craig Bowe, 42, battled the incoming tide at West Mersea, near Colchester, three times after hearing screams on Wednesday evening.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 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
Tina screams and clings to the tall silver gates.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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
Williams kicked up her legs to defend herself and screamed for help.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Somebody else might have made a stand, kicked and screamed, said, “If they go, I go. ”
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Opal screamed and hovered over her baby while the miller and his sons flailed their arms and legs.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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
Children in school uniforms are then seen screaming and rushing for an exit.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Even with all the pessimism about housing, though, the stocks are hardly a screaming bargain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
“You can’t do this!” the tackler was screaming.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
