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pries (PRIGHZ) (verb)
1. To use a tool as a lever or to force open something: Charles usually pries open the wooden boxes with a small crowbar.
2. Trying to find out about other people's private lives or snooping into the affairs of other people: Shelby always pries into Bill's business which upsets him.

prize (PRIGHZ) (noun)
1. Something offered or won as an award for superiority or victory, as in a competition: Lenora's grandmother won an authentic wooden shoe as the prize in a spelling contest.
2. Something worth striving for; a highly desirable possession: Winning the scholarship prize was worth all the hard work and practice.

The prize at the Carpenters Competition was the latest tool to use when a person pries the lids off paint cans.