screw

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for screw
Verb
  • The same pastel paint and glass blocks are featured here, distorting the tall palm trees outside.
    Nick Remsen, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2025
  • The wealth that’s poured in over the past few decades has distorted people’s notion of what life here used to be like.
    Peter Kiefer, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The guidance drops have stirred concerns among investors that EA can continue to squeeze growth from its tentpole FC soccer franchise in particular, which accounts for a big slice of its operating revenues.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Why Juicing Might Not Benefit the Microbiome The process of squeezing liquid from fruits and veggies, casting off its pulp, leaves one critical nutrient on the table (or, rather, in the blender): fiber.
    Sarah Garone, Health, 4 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Another expression emerged from everyday objects, which inspired Lynch to deform the mundane into a hellish din.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Solids can also be deformed if enough pressure is applied to them.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In February 1925, Ford cheated the electric chair by twisting up a bed sheet, suspending it from a bar over the door in the cell, and hanging himself.
    Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025
  • In a pair of posts on X Saturday (Jan. 18), Wayne accused the reigning Super Bowl champions — who that day bested the Houston Texans 23-14 — of cheating during games.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • But Big Food is adept at contorting nutrition science to promote its products.
    Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
  • For artistic effect, many Japanese maple bonsai trees have an upright informal habit featuring a trunk that is either contorted, multi-stemmed or slanted.
    Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The next year, White plucked Jennifer Coolidge and Jon Gries from the season 1 cast and transported them to Sicily.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Pickens was a healthy scratch down the stretch, losing playing time to Jonathan Ford, who was plucked off the Packers’ practice squad.
    Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Her hair was styled with significant height at the crown, creating a dramatic vertical lift, while the ends were curled outward in a flip.
    Renan Botelho, WWD, 4 Feb. 2025
  • While there are certainly products that can be used across different hair textures, lengths, curl patterns, thicknesses, colors (natural and unnatural), and needs, hair products are often created with specific consumers in mind.
    Jenny Berg, Allure, 27 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Many of these actions won’t stick legally or prove popular with voters.
    Nick Gillespie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The tracking the hip part is really important, because Saquon can stick his foot in the ground and cut back.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Screw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screw. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.

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