crowbar
Example Sentences
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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
By now, Zhao’s at it again with the crowbar, jimmying our hearts open for one last tearjerk.
From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025
With a crowbar I could have reached down and touched them, felt the pulse of the world’s information traveling through my fingertips.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2025
The court also heard from Loris Bertoliatti, representing the Museum of Far Eastern Art, who said damage caused by a power saw, sledgehammer and crowbar cost the institution millions.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2024
Each team is given a backpack, a flashlight, a coat hanger, and a crowbar.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.