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She'd have to bring things to a screeching halt now.

In other words, if there is no money to pay for anything, the government comes to a screeching halt.

That march of history has come to a screeching halt.

There had been a couple of good years, but they'd come to a screeching halt in the past few months.

"So if anything like that were to happen, it would bring everything to a screeching halt."

Don't expect the spending to come to a screeching halt, however.

Minutes later, the truck came to a screeching halt at a dead end.

That week people stopped coming to our shows and record sales came to a screeching halt.

But unfortunately, production has now come to a screeching halt.

Business comes to a screeching halt when the electricity goes out.

If necessary, the government will come to a screeching halt until you send me a bill I can sign.

Past efforts to slow the economy have brought it to a screeching halt.

Every time Lucy had to make a decision, the game came to a screeching halt.

"Then all of a sudden it came to a screeching halt."

Environmental initiatives and economic development would come to a screeching halt.

But that was when almost all offense came to a screeching halt.

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

Finally Lisa pulled off the road and came to a screeching halt.

"The selling pressure back then came to a screeching halt when the companies started to report and said that business was great."

Any momentum the record had and or was building came to a screeching halt.

After a crazy day yesterday, everything seems to have come to a screeching halt.

Even if the current strike came to a screeching halt today, no games could be played tomorrow.

But not many people are going out for dinner these days, and various other processes have come to a screeching halt.

Then she got married and her 10-year career progression came to a screeching halt.

The strike didn’t exactly bring television to a crashing halt.

A couple of months later, Joseph's social development came to a crashing halt.

My career came to a crashing halt from the day of the accident.

It was the noise that brought me to a crashing halt.

But today it seems that clothing sales are already at a crashing halt.

How come something like a bad disk can bring the whole machine to a crashing halt?

Unfortunately that's where the fun ended and the day came to a crashing halt.

This unsustainable process came to a crashing halt in 2008.

This came to a crashing halt when it slammed right into the current economic crisis.

That period came to a crashing halt in 2008, when sales plunged by a fifth and the company had to lay off workers.

Time to bring this entire ridiculous business to a crashing halt.'

The rest of the boxcars jolted to a crashing halt.

Bennett turned professional in 2001 at Cruiserweight, but his career quickly came to a crashing halt.

Why does all this merriment come to a crashing halt at midnight Tuesday?

The fun came to a crashing halt on Wednesday in Drill class.

That's where things came to a crashing halt.

After turning rat and bringing it all to a crashing halt, Max had disappeared.

The horses and hounds came to a crashing halt.

When the hemline dropped sharply in the early 1970's, it brought sales to a crashing halt.

The subprime lending mania has come to a crashing halt, of course.

With a sudden jerk the old Pas brought the truck to a crashing halt.

Everything is frozen on the screen, no button works and your workflow comes to a crashing halt.

A veto would cut off the Government's credit line and bring everything to a crashing halt - the train wreck everyone fears.