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  • past participle of screw.
  • past tense form of screw.
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screwed

[skrood] / skrud /


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"I'm sorry that's not what this movie is, but I feel like if I had done that, I would have screwed it up," Cregger said.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

The klan was a handful of misfits who screwed up everything they tried to do.

From Slate Aug. 22, 2026

If being a living being isn’t enough to garner someone’s kindness, we may be deeply screwed.

From Salon Jun. 28, 2026

On a nuts and bolts level, it’s all screwed together tight, even the pieces that stick out at weird angles.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

The front, I now saw, was made like a door, with hinges on one side, but screwed shut.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien




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