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screw

[skroo] / skru /
VERB
twist in
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My seasonal “screw-it vegetable” I tend to keep a “screw-it” vegetable in the fridge — something I love enough to think, Screw it, I’ll throw a handful of that on.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2026

And you could buy only one thing there: heat-warped, dragged-out mixtapes and cassettes from store owner DJ Screw, who hawked wares out of his own house until he opened his shop in 1998.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2023

Powell was a member of Houston’s rap collective Screwed Up Click that was formed by the late DJ Screw.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 19, 2023

The development of an Archimedes Hydrodynamic Screw system, where the water flows down the screw, turning it as it descends, has shown how effectively low head hydropower can be deployed for widespread, small-scale hydropower generation.

From National Geographic • Jun. 11, 2023

"The only thing I like about The Turn of the Screw is the governess's first sentence."

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour




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