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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

The spring unwound in an uncontrolled manner, causing the wrench to be ejected and strike him.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

But the broader pickup in pending listings should translate into more sales—if the recent rise in mortgage rates doesn’t throw a wrench in the works.

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

Travis finished tightening the bolt with the wrench.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

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

This young man is so needy, so desperate to belong that it wrenches your heart to watch him; he watches Dickie and Marge like they’re a movie he wants to be in.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2024

Spokespeople for the Insurance Information Institute and the Personal Insurance Federation of California regularly opine to reporters that Rosenfield, Balber and the group’s president, Jamie Court, are wrenches in the underwriting machinery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2024

Dri emptied the wrenches and rope and hammer from the plastic milk crate, and then she lined the crate with the patch of tarp we’d just cut to form a sort of bowl.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin

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

Farmer: Justin Herbert was wincingly vulnerable doing anything after that hand injury, and it’s easy to imagine that thing getting wrenched in a pile.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2023

The words seemed wrenched from him against his will.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Speaking that same year, Miliband told BBC Political Thinking he was still recovering from what he labelled a "gut wrenching" defeat that was "in many ways" a personal rejection of him.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 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

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

Once he was a scientist, but that time in his life, as we will discover through wrenching flashbacks, was destroyed, forcing him to change his identity and ponder fleeing Brazil.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

Homes pushes me aside, wrenching open a first- aid kit.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins