crowbar
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“There was nothing else—not even a crowbar or a pickax—to break through the concrete.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Armed with nothing but a crowbar and shovel in the hills of Somaliland, Ahmed Ibrahim hacks away at rocks where he and fellow miners have already found tonnes of lithium.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
If our hearts weren’t already open, they’ve just been forced ajar with a rusty, emotional crowbar.
From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2025
She said another lock appeared to have been tampered with "using a crowbar or similar tool", but to no avail.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025
Apparently they did, because he sagged in relief before walking over and picking up a large crowbar.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
They had all the equipment at the ready: crowbars, shovels, and mallets.
From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2024
They are often are slinging sledgehammers and crowbars “in a sauna-like environment,” said Fabian Plascencia, of the Northern District Council of Laborers Local 67.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2024
During those searches, two blue crowbars, pruning shears and a cutting tool were found in a nearby pond and in the Paar River, the statement said.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
In the city of Antakya, men armed with pickaxes and crowbars sifted through the rubble of a fallen building on Tuesday, looking for survivors.
From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2023
“Search the cargo,” he commanded the soldiers, who laid down their weapons and picked up crowbars.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Argentina, who fought back from 21 points down to beat Scotland last weekend, crowbarred their way back into the contest though.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025
"Nothing has been crowbarred in and these aren't random fillers, they are wonderful bits that we didn't ever want to get rid of but had to."
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2024
At one point, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Davy Klaassen and a returned Wayne Rooney were crowbarred into the same team.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 14, 2020
Crisp, thin French fries are crowbarred into the taco, gently punctuated with green and red salsa and the bracing freshness of cilantro and onion.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2019
Despite the cold, they sweated profusely at their tasks, stripping off over-garments as they picked and shoveled or crowbarred out the rich gravel.
From A Man to His Mate by Stockton Mulford
Sometimes it goes against Ancelotti’s own preferences but he is not just crowbarring players in any old place to get as many stars in the side as he can.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 27, 2014
That mention of the Mad Squirrels, a nickname that is always worth crowbarring in, also allows a quick nod to the quietly impressive progress that is being made in the Czech Republic.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 12, 2013
But with our third paragraph well underway and confidence about crowbarring a gag in any sentence now, let's address Barcelona's bid, believed to be worth just over £29m.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 2, 2010
“Well, in crowbarring me out of your scheme of life, if you insist on knowing,” were the words that came from the husband sitting so close beside me.
From The Prairie Child by Ward. E. F. (Edmund Franklin)
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