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screws around

verb

present tense third-person singular of screw around

as in cheats

to be sexually unfaithful he hired a private detective because he thought his wife was screwing around

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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.

— Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 26 June 2026
Though Lesnar rarely cheats to win, Femi isn’t going to lose clean.

— Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026

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Klaudia hadn’t managed to take more than two steps out of the town car before the reporters descended, pens poised over their notepads, shouting until their voices peaked.

— Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
Dusk is easing into dark on the Cape Fear River when Max Cady (Javier Bardem) steps out of his car near Bluff’s Point.

— JP Mangalindan, Time, 31 July 2026

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