screw up
Example Sentences
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Trees have less dramatic ways to screw up your day: Their roots can infiltrate cracks in septic or sewage pipes, blocking the system and wreaking expensive, smelly havoc.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
In other words: “We screwed up, but we can screw up better.”
From MarketWatch • Oct. 27, 2025
Chairman Andrew Cavenagh insists Rangers did not "screw up" the process to appoint head coach Danny Rohl but admits it looked "clunky" from the outside.
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025
Forget throwing soup on the “Mona Lisa” — the Bezos wedding protesters might do something truly offensive: They are threatening to screw up traffic on the big day.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2025
It was pitch black inside and they were greeted by a stench that made Scipio’s face screw up in disgust.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
