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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

When we got back to our farm, Dad helped me cut the padlock off the door and screw the hinges back on so Henrietta could be safe in her house again.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones

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

Still, if the fighting continues, some central banks may be forced to tighten the policy screws.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

“See this piece here? It screws on and turns down here. You couldn’t get out of that yourself.”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Others are placed onto table frames fixed to the ocean floor, and yet others are mounted onto plugs, screwed into a three-hole "cookie" and planted onto the reef.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026

Siegel apparently wrote letters putting “curses” on people and telling the world he got screwed.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026

On a nuts and bolts level, it’s all screwed together tight, even the pieces that stick out at weird angles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

He turned and looked at me, his face all screwed up.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

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

Ranking Member Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, said in his opening remarks, “I believe that we are now seeing consolidation that is screwing Americans.”

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026

The organization’s history is one of screwing things up, and so far in the battle between the two unstoppable and opposite forces, the Curse has the upper hand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025

Whatever my accomplishments in the rest of my life, in the low-wage work world I was a person of average ability—capable of learning the job and also capable of screwing up.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich