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unscrewed

verb

past tense of unscrew

as in screwed

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Numerical markings on the bar show what its total width will be, if both grips are screwed to the same distance.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026
Some Cleveland Guardians fans got screwed by the rain in more ways than one on Friday night.

— Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

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The device can also be swiveled 90 degrees relative to the lens, for use in either a horizontal or vertical orientation.

— Ben Coxworth October 20, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026
Banks, dressed in a blue suit and tie, swiveled back and forth watching his lawyer and Hester, like watching a tennis match.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

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Some of SpaceX’s other competitors, such as Blue Origin, pivoted toward suborbital space tourism.

— Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026
This is not uncommon here on the northern edge of the Iron Range, where many locals had fathers or grandfathers who worked underground before subsequent generations pivoted to tourism.

— Story Hinckley, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2026

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As tech stocks sold off, money rotated into other areas of the market — a theme that has become quite common during these Nasdaq downdrafts.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2026
Having worked ahead of their schedule, Menon and Kutryk removed some of the beams holding the final iROSA in place on its temporary platform and rotated two launch locks that were used in its delivery on Dragon.

— Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2026

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