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By carefully changing the separation between these electrodes, the team could stretch or compress the molecular screw.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

When done as well as Mr. Riley’s, oral histories provide new revelations about rivalries, hidden strategies and screw ups.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The facility plans to continue making other types of screw caps, capsule and Diam cork closures.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

A right-handed screw fits a right-handed thread, while a left-handed screw does not.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026

She twitches her nose, her habit when she’s nervous or certain I’m about to screw something up.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

The spiral's shape determines how it responds to this flow, similar to the difference between screws with right- or left-handed threads.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

The right way to fix the holes in the floor is kind of abstract, while the screws and plates in my utility closet are right there.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

ElAttrache performed surgery on McGregor in July 2021, inserting a rod, plates and screws into his left leg after the fighter broke his tibia and fibula during a bout against Dustin Poirier in Las Vegas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

Chatbots that don’t perform well can lead to lost sales and irritated customers, just like if a human screws up an order.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

Loads of words aren't actual words you can look up, but screws of grammar that hold the sentence together.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

This week, King Charles described the transatlantic slave trade as a "shameful chapter of history", scientists at Cern discovered the "zeptoverse", and lifestyle guru Martha Stewart apologised for her "screwed up" Halloween costume.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

"I'm sorry that's not what this movie is, but I feel like if I had done that, I would have screwed it up," Cregger said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

“Even if we won close and kind of ugly,” Kiffin said, “the whole story would have been, ‘I screwed the team up.’”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

The klan was a handful of misfits who screwed up everything they tried to do.

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026

He screwed it on tight and the jar was closed.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl

An assembly line of around 30 middle-aged men and women is screwing, drilling and polishing CRP Technology's signature product: a robotic arm which performs various industrial tasks.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

"Gentlemen, stop screwing around and get over here to help your brothers gear up the parachute. Find yourself a good-looking life companion and get to work," he shouted.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

The fear of failure can do as much harm as actually screwing up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Orbital combat is mostly non-kinetic these days, which is military-speak for “We’re screwing with each other but nobody’s shooting yet.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2025

He just couldn’t imagine a way to correctly predict the other Katherines without screwing up the ones he’d already gotten down pat.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green