wrench

By precisely measuring that motion and the associated gravitational torque, the researchers could calculate one value for G. Torque is simply a twisting force, similar to the force used when turning a wrench.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Most people would vouch for specific items, such as a spare tire or a lug wrench, if they had limited choices on what to keep in their car every day.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

The yen’s slide to a 40-year low indirectly threatened to bump up U.S. interest rates and risked throwing a wrench in plans to pull billions of dollars of Japanese investment into the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The spring unwound in an uncontrolled manner, causing the wrench to be ejected and strike him.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

So while he slept I went down to the barn, got from my father’s workshop a wrench, a pliers, a screwdriver, and a hammer, and went to work.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

At every turn, it shows its people trusting each other, taking care of each other, and dealing with the unexpected wrenches and scripts that would break most devices.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

Every trade show, whether promoting wrenches or weathervanes, is a vibrant advertisement for capitalism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

The space is a horseshoe-shaped echo of Wool’s work — raw, agitated — and the restless elegance he wrenches from a feeling of decay.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2024

As the series shifted to Phoenix Raceway, Toyota found the right gears and turn of the wrenches for a dominating weekend capped by Christopher Bell’s trip to victory lane.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2024

Styx took the wrenches and went to work on the broken wheel.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon

Railroad lines and roads and bridges were wrenched away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

While the S&P 500 has wrenched up and down but gone pretty much nowhere this year, international, emerging-market, small stocks and value stocks have taken off.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

Now we know with painful clarity what it is to be wrenched from our homes.

From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2025

He dove into the waves and wrenched us back aboard somehow.

From Salon ● May 11, 2024

He heaved the pick into the icy earth, wrenched it free, plunged it in again.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo

“We’re going to go through a fairly wrenching time,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

Rangers were obviously hoping reuniting McInnes with Lawrence Shankland would be a winning formula after they went so close to wrenching the title away from Celtic while at Hearts last season.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Speaking that same year, Miliband told BBC Political Thinking he was still recovering from what he labelled a "gut wrenching" defeat that was "in many ways" a personal rejection of him.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

You probably think the stock market has been wrenching up and down like mad since the Iran war started at the end of February.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

I forwarded many of these e-mails to Jesse, which was wrenching for both of us.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz