screw
Example Sentences
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This guy took the car apart, piece by piece, screw by screw.
Logs can smoosh as they chill; imprecise slices screw up bake times.
“I can tell you where every screw and nail and stud is,” said Hill, now 65.
From Los Angeles Times
When he was a senior in college, Archie Manning suffered a broken left forearm that required three screws and a plate.
From Los Angeles Times
“I catch crocodiles, and a crocodile has never managed to screw up my ribs like that,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
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