Thesaurus / pry
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In a small area, he explains, using a pry bar to leverage a heavy piece of material onto sections of rolling steel pipe can be a way to move it to a more open area.
HOW RESCUE SPECIALISTS SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS IN COLLAPSED BUILDINGSROB VERGERJUNE 29, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEEscondido Police Chief Ed Varso said last week that Olson, armed with a metal pry bar, charged Moore, who backed away and gave warnings before opening fire.
NORTH COUNTY REPORT: OVERSIGHT DEMANDS RAMP UP FOLLOWING ESCONDIDO POLICE SHOOTINGKAYLA JIMENEZAPRIL 29, 2021VOICE OF SAN DIEGOHarvest those carefully using a strong knife or small pry bar.
HOW TO CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE IN BAJAWES SILERMARCH 9, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEMany a spy of the Kaiser had tried to pry there and had been arrested and sentenced to a long term of imprisonment.
THE DOCTOR OF PIMLICOWILLIAM LE QUEUXThe banks do not pry into his moral character: they are satisfied that he meets his overdrafts and promissory notes punctually.
THIRD CLASS IN INDIAN RAILWAYSMAHATMA GANDHISo he didn't pry into my pockets, but only felt outside with his hands, and said it was all right.
ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, COMPLETEMARK TWAIN (SAMUEL CLEMENS)I hope I can pry Welborn loose from his digging and delving long enough to take me over that road again.
DAVID LANNARCK, MIDGETGEORGE S. HARNEYMadame Fontaine is thought, by those who seek to pry into the future, to be wiser in her wisdom than Mademoiselle Lenormand.
UNCONSCIOUS COMEDIANSHONORE DE BALZACTwas inevitable that they should pry and surmise––surmising much more than they dared pry.
THE CRUISE OF THE SHINING LIGHTNORMAN DUNCANI felt I had no right to pry into their afflictions, and retired.
LAVENGROGEORGE BORROWWORDS RELATED TO PRY
- abuse rights
- advance
- barge in
- break in on
- busybody
- butt in
- chime in
- come uninvited
- crash the gates
- dabble in
- encroach
- encumber
- fool with
- hinder
- horn in
- impede
- impose
- infringe
- inquire
- interfere
- intermeddle
- interpose
- intrude
- invade
- kibitz
- mess around
- mix in
- molest
- obtrude
- pry
- push in
- put two cents in
- sidewalk-superintend
- snoop
- stick nose in
- tamper
- trespass
- worm in
- abuse rights
- advance
- barge in
- break in on
- busybody
- butt in
- chime in
- come uninvited
- crash the gates
- dabble in
- encroach
- encumber
- fool with
- hinder
- horn in
- impede
- impose
- infringe
- inquire
- interfere
- intermeddle
- interpose
- intrude
- invade
- kibitz
- mess around
- mix in
- molest
- obtrude
- pry
- push in
- put two cents in
- sidewalk-superintend
- snoop
- stick nose in
- tamper
- trespass
- worm in
- be all ears
- bug
- case
- check out
- check over
- check up
- consider
- delve
- dig
- examine
- explore
- eyeball
- feel out
- frisk
- give the once over
- go into
- inquire
- inquisite
- inspect
- interrogate
- listen in
- look into
- look over
- look-see
- make inquiry
- muckrake
- nose around
- poke
- probe
- prospect
- pry
- put to the test
- question
- read
- reconnoiter
- research
- review
- run down
- scout
- scrutinize
- search
- sift
- spy
- stake out
- study
- tap
- wiretap
- boosted
- brought up
- constructed
- elevated
- erected
- established
- exalted
- heaved
- held up
- hiked
- hoisted
- jumped
- levered
- lifted
- lifted up
- mounted
- moved up
- placed up
- pried
- promoted
- pulled up
- put on its end
- put up
- ran up
- reared
- set up
- set upright
- shoved
- stood up
- threw up
- took up
- upcasted
- upheaved
- uplifted
- upped
- upraised
- upreared
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