levering

present participle of lever
as in prying
to raise, move, or pull apart with or as if with a lever the workers used crowbars to lever the heavy stone block into its new position

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  • This is about creating a childhood away from prying eyes, giving his children the space and support to enjoy being children without a care in the world.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • But such players tend to make these adjustments in the course of many weeks, on private practice courts in Delray or Monaco or Abu Dhabi, far from TV cameras and prying journalists.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2025
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  • All major indexes dipped slightly Tuesday, with tech shares such as Nvidia and Microsoft pulling back.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Good Times Oakland is pulling from a deep well of retail bottles, and has a bar for the public to sip and sup.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
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  • But then the gel starts lifting up at the corners and catching on things like your hair.
    Megan McIntyre, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • After lifting the ban in 2017, her country has come a long way, too.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Levering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/levering. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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