as in to pry
to raise, move, or pull apart with or as if with a lever
the workers used crowbars to lever the heavy stone block into its new position
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Recent Examples of lever
Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2024
If the potatoes are hard to pull, use the shovel to lever them out of the soil carefully.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2024
Nathaniel Percy, Orange County Register, 31 Jan. 2025
In team sports, the side on the wrong end of a terrible head-to-head record has a few levers to pull.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
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If your plants are hard to pull, insert your shovel beneath the roots and use it to lever the roots out of the soil.
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Once locked, the door handle cannot be moved to the open position until a button at the end of the release lever has been pressed.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for lever
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Its retro design, which skips a color screen for a slim digital display set below tactile knobs, stokes nostalgia while delivering excellent sound quality.—
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The crystal shifter and twist knob ignition are also nice touches.—
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Brands began to pull together resources to support refugees.—
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The 13-minute performance will likely call for a healthy dose of vibrant, colored lighting to pull it all together.—
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Keep it simple: Clothing with decorative pieces like lace, sequins, patches, and decals—or even zippers or buttons that come into direct contact with the child's skin—can be irritating.—
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This year's update is expected to revamp its slab-design, ditch the physical home button and introduce its FaceID feature, apart from camera and processor updates to support AI features, according to analysts and media reports.—
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Those two should also help lift the club’s dismal infield defense.—
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At one point, Musk lifted his son on his shoulders.—
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Also notable is the switch from a Lightning charging port to a USB-C port.—
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The past two Episodes of Destiny 2’s post-Final Shape story content have not been amazing, but that has changed with the arrival of Heresy, the final episode before Destiny switches to its new, untested Frontiers model.—
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Among its customizable features are the color ring encircling the dial, offered in 150 hues, and various strap and stitching choices.—
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With an almost 47 miles per gallon range, the Turbo E-Hybrid goes from comfort and hybrid efficient SUV, to the turn of a dial, and its 700+ horsepower of earth shattering, noise fulfilling dream ride comes unglued.—
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Inside those packets were a total of three guns, 29 rounds of ammunition, 19 tools (saw blades, security bits, screwdrivers, handcuff keys, etc.).—
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The key is not to avoid conflict but rather to improve skills and mindset to use it as a tool for success.—
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An onboard electronic control system delivers up to 500 volts to each of those actuators at a power of just 500 milliwatts.—
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Other companies' robots typically use other types of actuators, such as solenoids and electric motors.—
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“Lever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lever. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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