spanner
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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
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
Unable to get a job as an accountant since graduating five years ago, Ghanaian Nathaniel Qainoo has been forced to swap his calculator for a spanner.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 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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