crowbar

“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

“He wants to put a crowbar in the spokes of our wheels within a nanosecond,” Newsom said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2024

And if their mother wanted to wash their armpits, she would have to get a crowbar and pry their arms up, because they sure as heck were not going to move.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli

In the port of La Guaira, one of the hardest-hit cities, the BBC saw people using crowbars, mallets and pickaxes to try to dig out loved ones and neighbours.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

They had all the equipment at the ready: crowbars, shovels, and mallets.

From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2024

The Times wasn’t able to independently confirm if crowbars were used to hit officers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2024

Footage from the area shows residents digging in brown earth with their bare hands, or using hoes, sticks, crowbars and other tools.

From Reuters ● Nov. 23, 2022

At the base of the cliffs, hundreds of men with sledgehammers and crowbars climbed over piles of fallen rock, loosening them for the front loaders.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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

This is what happens when a bill is so wide-ranging that almost any domestic policy issue can be crowbarred into it.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023

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

In the past, Americana artists were crowbarred into folk or blues categories, or not nominated at all.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2016

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)