screw
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In August, Modesto-based packaging firm G3 Enterprises announced it would lay off 66 workers responsible for making wine screw caps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
A right-handed screw fits a right-handed thread, while a left-handed screw does not.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
Young men continue to screw up on the “House of the Dragon” premiere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
"It's perfectly designed to screw things up," says sleep scientist Prof Russell Foster, from the University of Oxford.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
I didn’t care about the politics per se, but I also didn’t want to screw anything up.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Carney has also imposed import taxes on several US wood products, such as plywood, and even screws used to fix timber together.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The US, however, has continued to tighten the screws.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
We see how AJ wants to impress the boss and takes on more than she can chew and screws up some data before a big presentation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
The monitor had been designed with screws in the back that had 25 concentric circles machined into their flat heads to make them sparkle as light passed over them.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
Then I clamped the plank to the ribs like the old man told me, and drilled holes for the new screws.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
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
I think our tax system is screwed up, especially in the world of AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 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
If I was getting comments about my acne on a good skin day, then I was monumentally screwed.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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
Visions of himself as a young actor float in and out of his mind as he recognizes the mistakes he made by screwing over his friend and neglecting his older daughter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2025
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
She broke off suddenly, screwing up her little eyes at the children.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
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