screw
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Skills that help you survive childhood can screw you up in adulthood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
The planned layoffs are only for jobs related to wine screw caps, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
A right-handed screw fits a right-handed thread, while a left-handed screw does not.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
He said the BuzzBallz 'biggies' which have a plastic screw top lid is completely recyclable.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
I had to screw up my face to make the point.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
The right way to fix the holes in the floor is kind of abstract, while the screws and plates in my utility closet are right there.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
So Vietnamese authorities tightened screws of their own.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Ternus’s approach to Apple is Jobs-like, down to a preoccupation with small details like screws.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
Chatbots that don’t perform well can lead to lost sales and irritated customers, just like if a human screws up an order.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
If I stammer with Dad, he gets that face he had when he got his Black & Decker Workmate home and found it was minus a crucial packet of screws.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
"You'd better not be a traitor or I'm really screwed!"
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
"I'm sorry that's not what this movie is, but I feel like if I had done that, I would have screwed it up," Cregger said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
The klan was a handful of misfits who screwed up everything they tried to do.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2026
I think our tax system is screwed up, especially in the world of AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
It’s hard to believe that a bunch of pieces of wood and iron screwed together will be strong enough to hold up a 220-ton piece of stone and turn it from horizontal to vertical.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
"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
The Mist seems to be screwing up everything these days.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
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
Warming to his theme, he feared the party was retreating to the comfort of its traditional vote-losing ways: "Classic Labour. A year into government and we're already screwing it up."
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2025
I know what they aren’t saying out loud—they can’t risk me screwing this up for us.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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