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

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

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

Wielding a pocket Allen wrench, her colleague Estefany Rodriguez adjusted seat heights and brake handle alignments on Vivian’s new ride.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

Michael saw the gears turning in his head, trying to identify what kind of tools they were. “. . . a screwdriver and a wrench, maybe?”

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

I struggle with transitions, and Monday is the day that wrenches me most abruptly from one mode into another: weekend to workweek, spaciousness to schedules, vague possibility to the tyranny of the calendar.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026

The teacher-turned-Minnesota governor wrenches on cars and goes to classic auto shows, too.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 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

Hali wrenches her arm away and runs, not looking back.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

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

The film explores what’s funny — and terrifyingly truthful — about being wrenched into adulthood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025

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

She wrenched the flashlight from his grasp and pushed off him to regain her feet.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Then it was Suzann Pettersen's gut wrenching and ultimately successful putt on the final green at the Scottish course that decided the outcome.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 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

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

None of her old fears could compare with the wrenching loss she had just escaped.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor