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But given the change in landscape for women's rugby in England over the past decade, she may never have to put down the rugby ball and pick up the wrench again.

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Gustavo Dudamel isn’t famous for his prowess as a jazz musician, but when forces beyond his control threw a wrench into his plans for concerts this week at the Hollywood Bowl, the L.A.

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In the frantic hours after political activist Charlie Kirk was killed by a sniper at a Utah university, those closest to the alleged shooter began making wrenching discoveries, authorities said.

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In other instances people are just looking to “throw monkey wrenches into the gears of Democracy because, for adversaries, weakening the United States is something they try to do generally.”

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A head teacher who was jailed for attacking a fellow teacher with a metal wrench has been released four months after being sentenced, the Prison Service has confirmed.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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