screeching/crashing halt
noun
: a sudden and complete end
The project came to a screeching/crashing halt.
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Aside from nurses, doctors, grocery workers and truck drivers, there are plenty of other workers most couldn’t live without—plumbers, electricians, construction workers and other service personnel kept going when the rest of the world came to a screeching halt.
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Peter Ross, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
But that dominant era came to a screeching halt when the new regulations took effect in 2022, one of the most significant technical regulation overhauls in the sport’s history.
—Madeline Coleman, The Athletic, 11 July 2024
There’s been a dearth of blockbusters (a consequence of the strikes and COVID, which brought production to a screeching halt).
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 26 June 2024
In the wake of the 2023 writers’ and actors’ strikes, local crew members and creatives described an anemic return to production as major companies sought to slash costs and the era of Peak TV came to a screeching halt.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2024
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Peter Ross, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
But that dominant era came to a screeching halt when the new regulations took effect in 2022, one of the most significant technical regulation overhauls in the sport’s history.
—Madeline Coleman, The Athletic, 11 July 2024
There’s been a dearth of blockbusters (a consequence of the strikes and COVID, which brought production to a screeching halt).
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 26 June 2024
In the wake of the 2023 writers’ and actors’ strikes, local crew members and creatives described an anemic return to production as major companies sought to slash costs and the era of Peak TV came to a screeching halt.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Screeching/crashing halt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screeching%2Fcrashing%20halt. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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