screwed
Example Sentences
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“Every day, someone was like, ‘well, you screwed it up,’” Abbott said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
“I went to my husband and said, ‘I think I screwed up.’”
From MarketWatch • Jan. 14, 2026
"If they renew the contract, I'm screwed - oh God," he says.
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026
If that happens and Congress later says, Wait, we screwed up, start it up again—it’s too late, because the spacecraft is no longer able to be contacted.
From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025
If I was getting comments about my acne on a good skin day, then I was monumentally screwed.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
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