spanner
Example Sentences
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Paris had already thrown a spanner in the works by calling this week for a delay to the vote, demanding robust safeguard clauses, tighter import controls and more stringent standards for Mercosur producers.
From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025
Divorce, obviously, puts a spanner in the works — and two divorces means two spanners — but you’ve managed to come out of those marriages financially intact.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025
"If I take my car into the mechanics, I've got to trust that he's not just going to bash it with his spanner and charge me a grand."
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025
In the words of one mortgage broker, that was because the Budget delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves "threw a spanner in the works".
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2024
And then your first wife’s bastard throws a spanner in the works by handing the one person most likely to put the crown on Oak’s head to your rival.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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