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

“He wants to put a crowbar in the spokes of our wheels within a nanosecond,” Newsom said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2024

He said it was "very disappointing" another of the artist's works in the town, featuring a child with a crowbar, had been removed and was believed to have been sold.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2023

If we thrust a crowbar between the spokes of a wheel it makes no difference where we do it, the wheel stops turning.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson