1.   He was on his second initiation raid when Geronimo was captured and it all came to a screeching halt.

2.   When he went to a doctor, he was diagnosed with leukemia, and everything came to a screeching halt.

3.   She brought the car to a screeching halt.

4.   And all talk of accountability seems to come to a screeching halt.

5.   And the result was watching their seven-game winning streak come to a screeching halt.

6.   And then, abruptly, it all came to a screeching halt on orders of the U.S. Supreme Court.

7.   And what happens if the Internet frenzy or the overall economy comes to a screeching halt?

8.   -- Construction on the BART extension came to a screeching halt when a truck ran over a garter snake.

9.   A crush I had on another boy came to a screeching halt after we sat next to each other at a movie one Saturday afternoon.

10.   A screeching halt named Newt Gingrich.