pry bar

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Paul Leighton is packing his rucksack with a heavy-duty hammer, pry bar and evidence bags for what he describes as "just an average day out".

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2025

To cut the comb, you can use some sort of a knife or a hive tool, which is just basically a flat pry bar and cuts through pretty easily.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2023

Bonus: Holden’s hammer I’m not sure if it’s technically a pry bar or a nail puller he’s holding, but either way it’s tiny and probably not the real reason the engine stops?

From The Verge • Jan. 13, 2022

Use diagonal pliers or crosscutting pliers; their curved blades grip the nail and act as a miniature pry bar.

From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2018

He goes at the hatch with a pry bar.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick