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shriek

[shreek] / ʃrik /




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But AI remains unregulated, shriek those wedded to an undynamic view of reality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

I brace my nervous system for the piercing shriek, let it play like my own little theme song.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Although she’s normally impervious to noise—even the most blood-curdling shriek from the many horror films we watch together can’t stir her—the sound of my voice emerging from her collar gave her pause.

From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026

A shriek broke the dawn on the savannah, followed by more screeches and the rustle of branches: The wild Fongoli chimps were bidding each other good morning in the dry, scraggly Sahel.

From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026

It was a shriek of terror and of despair, so loud and anguished it froze Christopher’s body.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Some routinely put on a show: NYC0318, a whale also seen by AFP on a recent outing, often charms whale watchers with sensational lunge-feeds, breaching the water and prompting shrieks of delight.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

Seriously, the dude’s shrieks could be heard echoing in the A’s dugout on the NBC Sports California broadcast of the game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

When the congregation responds with rhythmic panting that slowly builds to shrieks of grief and passion, Ann finally feels at home — the burdens she’s been carrying all her life, cast into the ether.

From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025

They finished a roughly $3,000 project to add french doors to their living room to create an office space insulated from the shrieks of their almost-2-year-old.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025

The first I hear of it, I’m heading for my locker at lunch when a half-crazed female voice shrieks, “What are you doing?”

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

I normally think about what could go wrong, and I’ve cried out that we’re heading toward a dystopia more times than Chicken Little shrieked about the sky falling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

"How do you think I feel?... He set me up," he shrieked.

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026

At the second smaller stage, dancers shrieked as confetti cannons fired simultaneously with a bass drop, glitter falling like shimmering rain.

From Barron's ● Nov. 23, 2025

They shrieked with delight when Freeman acknowledged them with an affectionate wave of the glove.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025

Kasusu shrieked, loud enough to crack a nearby glass pane.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

When it was over, the sound of children shrieking “Puka!” reverberated off the bleachers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

The course record is 39 seconds and change, set by the shrieking McMurtry Spéirling hypercar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

The second pilot meets their passengers’ fear with hysteria, shrieking, outburst—that pilot shames their passengers, saying, “I can’t do my job because of YOU.”

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

Claudius has made himself a monarch again, standing at the head of a shrieking horde of desperate peasantry who believe he can unbar the door to that heavenly place.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025

She kicked up slush as she walked, and her jeans were wet and spattered by the time she arrived at the field where the shrieking shack was.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu


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