wrench

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

But when Pína and Hawk arrive, their presence throws a wrench in a union that’s already on the fritz.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

That worked until the Iran war threw a wrench in gold’s momentum, with rising oil prices raising worries about inflation and expectations for Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

As a result, the crisis "has thrown a proverbial wrench into the inner workings of the aviation fuel markets", the IEA said.

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026

I could just imagine him high on a gantry, lying on his back like Michelangelo, working with a wrench on the fuel lines of one of his rockets.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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

More wrenches were thrown into the process when Juan Soto’s record signing with the New York Mets created new potential suitors in Hernández’s free agency, as the next-best free-agent outfielder on the open market.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2024

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

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

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon

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

But their family was wrenched apart before her fifth birthday in the wake of Kenya's independence, putting her mother's life at risk "when Kenya asked all the white people to leave".

From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2023

I felt like my heart was being wrenched out of my chest.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz

“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

A president with 70%-plus approval ratings now faces some wrenching decisions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

Pescatore said D’Amaro has a major advantage in that the company Iger leaves behind is well positioned for the wrenching changes facing the current media landscape.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 3, 2026

And the woman wrenching out of the male form in the sculpture he made last night?

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson