1
as in distorts
to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition
screwed up his face at the taste of the medicine
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as in squeezes
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
managed to screw his siblings out of their share of the inheritance
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Recent Examples of screws
The pen cap then screws onto the lower tube to create an extended striker that's easy to grip and move.
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New Atlas,
22 June 2026
Presented with an opportunity to finally confess his feelings to Nikki, our man screws the metaphorical pooch.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 June 2026
Though, to be fair, Coop screws this up more often than not.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2026
Kinto’s travel tumbler ($34) is a handsome receptacle available in a number of colors, with a lid that screws on tight and enough insulation to keep a cup of coffee warm all day long.
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Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
6 Dec. 2025
Or are those simply screws Vrabel’s staff will tighten with more time and practice?
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Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
New Atlas,
22 June 2026
Presented with an opportunity to finally confess his feelings to Nikki, our man screws the metaphorical pooch.
—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 June 2026
Though, to be fair, Coop screws this up more often than not.
—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2026
Kinto’s travel tumbler ($34) is a handsome receptacle available in a number of colors, with a lid that screws on tight and enough insulation to keep a cup of coffee warm all day long.
—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
6 Dec. 2025
Or are those simply screws Vrabel’s staff will tighten with more time and practice?
—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for screws
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But as Gingras and Khelfaoui argue in the their preprint, removing the two papers distorts the historical record.
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Progressives across the country have spent years arguing that unlimited outside spending distorts democracy, empowers wealthy interests, and undermines trust in government.
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One of our favorite budget models on the market right now is HP's OmniBook X Flip, which squeezes every bit of performance out of its components to deliver capable everyday productivity performance in a good-looking package.
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That suits floating-rate lenders, who earn more when rates stay up, and squeezes any borrower trying to refinance into those rates.
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When an object touches a sucker, the silicone deforms and changes the light reflection pattern.
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Kinks are critical in determining where a material deforms, appearing in situations such as metals bending permanently or DNA strands separating.
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His torso and thighs grow eye-poppingly muscular beneath their skimpy fur-and-leather togs—a development that does not go unnoticed by a warrior named Red Hair, who plucks the young hunk from his post and tosses him into the prime time of the gladiator pit.
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But the emotional gravity of this offering's deeply personal, melancholic lyrical content plucks an undeniably profound chord that uniquely separates it from the rest of his work.
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The retrospection tortures her.
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Later, in one of the movie's most satisfying scenes, Millie locks Andrew in the attic and tortures him by loudly smashing each plate.
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Any forward who cheats for defence, as Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has for much of his career, will play an elevated role on a Babcock team.
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Though Lesnar rarely cheats to win, Femi isn’t going to lose clean.
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Monk’s music contorts into an ecstatic dance, one more befitting of a ritual trance state than a night at the Five Spot.
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Bridges contorts his body, and jacks up an errant layup, but the play isn’t done there.
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The late Bill Carr, a former Florida athletic director who was Houston’s AD when the SWC breakup began, once summed this up to me in a way that still sticks.
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No sooner does Aemond arrive than the silver-white-haired warrior sticks his blade into the smooth-talking Harrenhal caretaker, Ser Simon Strong, played by British thespian Simon Russell Beale.
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“Screws.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screws. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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