spanner

Example Sentences

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Itoje was a menace around the breakdown, turning over ball and putting a spanner in Scotland's attacking spokes as the referee let play flow.

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"If I take my car into the mechanics, I've got to trust that he's not just going to bash it with his spanner and charge me a grand."

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Unable to get a job as an accountant since graduating five years ago, Ghanaian Nathaniel Qainoo has been forced to swap his calculator for a spanner.

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The latest charges could also throw a spanner in Mr Adani’s global expansion plans.

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In the words of one mortgage broker, that was because the Budget delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves "threw a spanner in the works".

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