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Trivium said the law, once passed, will add “another spanner to Beijing’s growing counter-sanctions legal tool kit.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

It can reduce the amount you have to borrow when life throws you a spanner.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026

In a lab on the western edge of Paris, where the River Seine flows wide and trams slide past glass-fronted buildings and blossoming cherry trees, a technician called Rémi makes some adjustments with a spanner.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026

A spanner in the works could be if opposition parties agreed on a rival candidate but talks on this this week appeared to make little headway.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025

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

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

Rattling like a bag of spanners, Shake It Off is a 21st Century Hey Mickey, a honking great party record with a chorus that drills so far into your brain you start seeing lights.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2023

Biker jackets were paired with skirts bearing cutouts, shimmering silver jackets were cropped and had large shoulders, while prints on colourful dresses depicted spanners and bolts.

From Reuters ● Sep. 23, 2022

But before long, Smith throws spanners in the works.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2019

She fell on her knees, threw open the bag, and tumbled out some spanners and a screwdriver that filled the top part of it.

From "1984" by George Orwell