screw
Example Sentences
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"How can you ask for co-operative behaviour when you screw them on trade?" he says.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
There was one more turn of the screw: In responding to Torres Campos’ appellate filing, Bonar “doubled down,” Buchanan wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
So the ability of this CPA to screw things up is limited.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026
As is well-known, AI can screw up even the simplest facts, or just hallucinate and invent details, so it pays to check everything.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
I answered, "Only one. They all know how to screw up."
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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