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The Continent today is careening into a second wrenching fiscal crisis, after the 2010 disaster.

The new strain has also thrown a wrench in things.

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“I’ve learned a lot about what I might get,” she said, “but Mother Nature always has her monkey wrench in hand.”

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But Rachel is no shrinking violet, holding her own against lowlifes and schemers while navigating the movie’s unexpected turns, shocking violence and wrenching tension.

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I don’t bother to throw any shoes on; I just grab my father’s old letterman jacket and wrench the back door open.

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

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