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The next turn of the screw came in 1933, with a congressional investigation of the causes of the 1929 crash.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

It’s similar to how showering children with too much praise can screw them up.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026

“It’s absolutely important to build your AI infrastructure such that you can use different models from different providers, because if you get locked in, one provider change can screw you over,” Skoog told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026

Yeah, right, like me being there is going to screw things up.

From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick

Investing in heat-countering measures has become essential to maintain the existing workforce and attract new recruits, said Yutaka Kono from Konoe, the specialist wholesaler of screws and surveying equipment where Tabuchi works.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

The US, however, has continued to tighten the screws.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

Umm Samir said four of the screws holding Muath's spine in place have come loose and are affecting his breathing.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 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

The service man was still on the floor, putting in the finals screws that held the new handle in place, when the penguin came out to the kitchen on his silent pink feet.

From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater

“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

It sits not on a foundation but on helical piers screwed into the ground.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

"It was great. They got screwed with that red card," Rubio told reporters during a brief appearance in the White House briefing room when asked how the co-hosts were doing in the tournament.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

Audrey screwed up her face like she’d just seen a dead possum squashed flat in the middle of the road.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor

"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 Mist seems to be screwing up everything these days.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

“The idea was just to say, while doing all this, they’re sort of screwing up stuff for those guys, but ultimately it’s going to become iconic,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Warming to his theme, he feared the party was retreating to the comfort of its traditional vote-losing ways: "Classic Labour. A year into government and we're already screwing it up."

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025

After much snorting, mumbling, and screwing of his face this way and that, the job was completed.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls