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  • However, that one I'll live with too, because (a) it's a magnificent piece of engineering and using the term helps immortalize the inventor; and (b) the generic term "square-drive screw" is misleading (because the square shape isn't really what's significant about the design) and annoying.

    genericized brand names: use a tissue, not a kleenex 2009

  • It took him until the 45th over to register his second boundary of the day, a square-drive off Amit Mishra.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • He's beaten by a ball that jags back from Siddle, but does get a square-drive through from the next delivery for a couple of runs.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • He's beaten by a ball that jags back from Siddle, but does get a square-drive through from the next delivery for a couple of runs.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • Prior pinches the bowling with a square-drive for one...

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • His 378-ball double-hundred - his second in Tests - contained 27 fours; yet it took him until the 45th over to register his second boundary of the day, a square-drive off Amit Mishra.

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • But his opening partner Kamran Akmal flashed a square-drive at Zaheer Khan into the hands of Yuvraj Singh at point, and then Hafeez himself spoiled his own good work with a poorly-conceived and executed shot which resulted in his caught-behind departure to Munaf Patel for 43.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • It took him until the 45th over to register his second boundary of the day, a square-drive off Amit Mishra.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • A wonderful diving catch by Jesse Ryder at point off an Upul Tharanga square-drive at Tim Southee brought New Zealand's first wicket but Dilshan and Sangakkara knew crease occupation and strike rotation would suffice - and try as New Zealand might, they did not quite have enough runs to defend.

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • He's beaten by a ball that jags back from Siddle, but does get a square-drive through from the next delivery for a couple of runs.

    BBC News - Home 2011

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