pried

He gently pried loose a tile the size of a paperback book and wiped his hand across the dusty surface.

In her essay, Jay gets candid about having “a window into her life pried open” for the public — and her therapy patients — to see.

Far from privileging people of color, DEI initiatives and policies like affirmative action have barely pried open a crack in the doors of opportunity.

The shifting balance of power between these aesthetic worldviews encapsulates the story of what happened when Japan was pried open to Western influences.

Austin Capobianco, the Yankees fan who grabbed Betts’ glove and pried the ball out of it, told The Times, “I’m a way too passionate fan that probably crossed the line.”