Jo Brand

Anybody who has had the pleasure of reading an article about themselves in the press knows that, on the whole, there is a huge amount of inaccuracy, value judgment and the use of a crowbar to insert editorial bias that reflects the current political leaning of that particular paper.

British Comedian

Michael Beschloss

Kissinger's monopoly on this historical record has driven many scholars to distraction. Groups of lawyers, scholars, journalists and archivists have used pronunciamento, lawsuit, and other crowbars in a usually vain effort to open Kissinger's Library of Congress cache.

American Historian

Ayelet Waldman

I pity the young woman who will attempt to insinuate herself between my mama's boy and me. I sympathize with the monumental nature of her task. It will take a crowbar, two bulldozers and half a dozen Molotov cocktails to pry my Oedipus and me loose from one another.

Israeli Novelist

Hal Sparks

People only have guilty pleasures when they crowbar pleasure down their throat all the time and then they reach for the brownies. Then you should feel guilty because you're killing your body and that's something to be guilty about.

American Actor

John Leguizamo

I see the new Latin artist as a pioneer, opening up doors for others to follow. And when they don't open, we crowbar our way in.

Colombian Comedian

John Dickerson

Officials in every White House crowbar the facts to make their cases.

American Journalist

Using a crowbar often implies the need for physical effort or strength.

Physical Strength

Crowbars are commonly associated with construction, demolition, or renovation work.

Construction Context

Crowbars can be referenced in rescue operations or emergency situations to remove obstacles.

Emergencies Usage

As a verb, to crowbar suggests using force to open something that's closed or stuck.

Forced Entry

Using 'crowbar' as a verb implies that the task was not easy and required extra effort.

Difficulty Implication

To crowbar can also suggest an intrusive action, often unwelcome or uninvited.

Intrusive Action

 dripping right there the crowbar isn't strong enough to completely open up the gas tank so a new strategy is needed we're gonna move it into the lift so we can drop the gas tank off and maybe that way we've got to be able to take the packages faster and easier

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 Hand sanitizers work less like a crowbar, and more like an earthquake. When you surround a coronavirus with water, the hydrophobic effect gives the bonds within the membrane their strength. That same effect also holds the big proteins

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 a narrow room with a concrete floor, a few chairs and a box of clean needles. The police would often lock it down, but somehow it always mysteriously reopened, often with the aid of a crowbar.

Crowbar

Physical Strength

Construction Context

Emergencies Usage

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