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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Verb
If your plants are hard to pull, insert your shovel beneath the roots and use it to lever the roots out of the soil.
—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
Noun
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.
—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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lever
Noun
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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.—
Parker Hall,
WIRED,
30 Jan. 2025
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The crystal shifter and twist knob ignition are also nice touches.—
Jonathan Granoff,
Newsweek,
29 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Brands began to pull together resources to support refugees.—
Stephan Rabimov,
Forbes,
13 Feb. 2023
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The 13-minute performance will likely call for a healthy dose of vibrant, colored lighting to pull it all together.—
Kelly Allen,
House Beautiful,
10 Feb. 2023
Noun
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Use the Help button in the Settings menu of the Games app.—
New York Times Games,
New York Times,
6 Feb. 2025
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In upper trims, the retractable center console slides back to push cup holders and power ports closer to second row passengers and opens a large tray between the front seats, and the third row seats can be raised or lowered with a button on the front touch screen.—
Scotty Reiss,
Parents,
6 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Those two should also help lift the club’s dismal infield defense.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2025
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At one point, Musk lifted his son on his shoulders.—
Fortesa Latifi,
Rolling Stone,
16 Feb. 2025
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The front-facing lens is a 5-megapixel (5MP) camera with a physical privacy switch, and the rear camera is an 8MP unit.—
Matthew Buzzi,
PCMAG,
6 Feb. 2025
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With the switch, the five years’ worth of orders under NSSF Phase 2 have ULA with 25 missions ordered to SpaceX’s 23 missions, for what was originally targeted to be a 60% to 40% order ration in favor of ULA.—
Richard Tribou,
Orlando Sentinel,
4 Feb. 2025
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However, Kellogg's comments suggest that the Trump administration is still considering further sanctions on Russia to move the dial on the war in Ukraine.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
8 Feb. 2025
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Countdown to ‘energy independence’ Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined the EU in 2004, changing the dial in the nations’ relationships with Russia indefinitely.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Alex realized focusing on small, daily improvements was the key.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Ruiz, who had the assist on Fafa Picault’s goal in Panama last weekend, said the key is to be versatile and adapt to whatever spot coaches ask him to play.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2025
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In the weeks ahead, the test module will be submitted to simulated launch pressures using hydraulic actuators on the Mojave test stand, as well as undergo structural load tests while under pressure.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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Labs is a Californian company specializing in piezoelectric micro-electro-mechanical systems — tiny chips that move air by applying voltage to a piezo actuator layer, which bends a piece of silicon back and forth.—
Barry Collins,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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“Lever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lever. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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