monkey wrench
Example Sentences
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And part of their idea was you throw a monkey wrench into this process to stop it.
From Salon • Aug. 5, 2023
“The last thing that a booming economy needs is to throw a monkey wrench into a system that we have that is working marvelously well.”
From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2023
“To be thrown back into crisis with whatever monkey wrench happens next — I think that would be unfair.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2022
Warhol was a hugely successful commercial artist — and quite rich from it, earning up to an inflation-adjusted $500,000 a year— before he threw a well-placed monkey wrench into a haughty and exclusionary art world.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2022
Even worse, Vonetta had thrown a king-sized monkey wrench into my plans.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
