as in pries
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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Verb
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Mars pries the social consciousness off, his ambition beginning and ending at the astute emulation of a production aesthetic.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Mar. 2026 -
There are swooping close encounters with heavenly bodies, Lego blocks in antigravity mode and swarms of Separators, a sort of astro-anthropomorphic version of the tool that pries apart Lego bricks in real life.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Of course, Macy is not actually spending late nights at the distillery twisting knobs and loading the wash into fermenters.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
14 June 2026
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Get into a Rivian to date and there’s a lack of buttons, knobs, and toggles.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
11 June 2026
Verb
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Out The Blue pulls together strands of Dallas boogie, Mannie Fresh bounce, and the rags-to-riches motivation rap that has been holding down their hometown for decades, as the bash brothers go in for damn-near 40 minutes of SEC homecoming weekend blowout music.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
11 Dec. 2025
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Continue reading … BREATH OF FRESH AIR – New project pulls young ones away from screens and gets them outdoors.—
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FOXNews.com,
11 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The minus and plus buttons control volume, while the ULT button toggles between ULT 1, ULT 2, and Off audio modes.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
12 Aug. 2025
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Inside the cabin, all of the haptic buttons on the steering wheel—including the all-important start button—have been replaced by real, tactile, honest-to-goodness physical buttons.—
Jonny Lieberman,
Robb Report,
1 July 2025
Verb
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The top lifts off and converts into a pendant.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Players can’t put pen to paper until the moratorium lifts just after noon on July 6.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
Noun
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At this point, the sun’s polar magnetic field switches direction, and after that, its activity wanes back down to a minimum before starting the whole process over again.—
Sarah Scoles,
Scientific American,
10 Dec. 2025
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What To Know David Cenciotti, the editor of the military website the Aviationist, told that radar lock-on occurs when a fighter aircraft switches from a general search of an area to fire control mode, continuously tracking a specific target to provide data to weapons.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Expect coffee shops doubling as gallery spaces, indie venues hosting weekend shows and a community that prizes individuality.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Charlotte Observer,
11 May 2026
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Traits once seen as stabilizing — empathy, humility, shame — are recast as liabilities in a world that prizes speed, dominance and certainty.—
Sarah DaVanzo,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
Noun
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Modern end-to-end encryption ensures that no third party can access the keys needed for real-time data streams in transit.—
Leonard Lim,
Fortune,
10 June 2026
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Newman took over the keys as the pair swapped vocals, his voice as tender and warm as ever.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
10 June 2026
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“Levers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/levers. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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