crowbar
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“There was nothing else—not even a crowbar or a pickax—to break through the concrete.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Whoever is given the job of informing him of that had better take a handful of sedatives and a crowbar to pry the president off the wall of the Oval Office.
From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2026
Armed with nothing but a crowbar and shovel in the hills of Somaliland, Ahmed Ibrahim hacks away at rocks where he and fellow miners have already found tonnes of lithium.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
“He wants to put a crowbar in the spokes of our wheels within a nanosecond,” Newsom said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2024
The crowbar to wreck the wheels of oxidation can be supplied by any of a number of chemicals commonly used as pesticides.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
In the port of La Guaira, one of the hardest-hit cities, the BBC saw people using crowbars, mallets and pickaxes to try to dig out loved ones and neighbours.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
They had all the equipment at the ready: crowbars, shovels, and mallets.
From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2024
Footage from the area shows residents digging in brown earth with their bare hands, or using hoes, sticks, crowbars and other tools.
From Reuters ● Nov. 23, 2022
A store employee told The Times in a phone interview that men took sledgehammers and crowbars and some wore sweatshirts with hoodies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2021
“And I,” said Arthur, “will see about the equipment for tonight. We’ll need shovels, crowbars, block and tackle, rollers...”
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
"Nothing has been crowbarred in and these aren't random fillers, they are wonderful bits that we didn't ever want to get rid of but had to."
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2024
This is what happens when a bill is so wide-ranging that almost any domestic policy issue can be crowbarred into it.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023
Crisp, thin French fries are crowbarred into the taco, gently punctuated with green and red salsa and the bracing freshness of cilantro and onion.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2019
In the past, Americana artists were crowbarred into folk or blues categories, or not nominated at all.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2016
Despite the cold, they sweated profusely at their tasks, stripping off over-garments as they picked and shoveled or crowbarred out the rich gravel.
From A Man to His Mate by Mulford, Stockton
Sometimes it goes against Ancelotti’s own preferences but he is not just crowbarring players in any old place to get as many stars in the side as he can.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 27, 2014
That mention of the Mad Squirrels, a nickname that is always worth crowbarring in, also allows a quick nod to the quietly impressive progress that is being made in the Czech Republic.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 12, 2013
But with our third paragraph well underway and confidence about crowbarring a gag in any sentence now, let's address Barcelona's bid, believed to be worth just over £29m.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 2, 2010
“Well, in crowbarring me out of your scheme of life, if you insist on knowing,” were the words that came from the husband sitting so close beside me.
From The Prairie Child by Ward. E. F. (Edmund Franklin)
