wrench

Sewage Joe and almost every character I play either has a wrench or a shovel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

By precisely measuring that motion and the associated gravitational torque, the researchers could calculate one value for G. Torque is simply a twisting force, similar to the force used when turning a wrench.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Most people would vouch for specific items, such as a spare tire or a lug wrench, if they had limited choices on what to keep in their car every day.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

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

I guess she hadn’t expected class comments to throw a wrench into her lesson plan.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

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

More wrenches were thrown into the process when Juan Soto’s record signing with the New York Mets created new potential suitors in Hernández’s free agency, as the next-best free-agent outfielder on the open market.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2024

The space is a horseshoe-shaped echo of Wool’s work — raw, agitated — and the restless elegance he wrenches from a feeling of decay.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2024

The workers carried oversized wrenches, cranks, and other tools, and were using them to make adjustments on some unseen apparatus beneath the water’s surface.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

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 seats have been wrenched from the floor and they're piled in stacks.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

Aurich has spent his entire football life wrenching last-second victories from the jaws of defeat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

He renounced the prosperity gospel he once had preached, wrote a raw and wrenching biography about his missteps and vowed to work with the needy and most vulnerable when he was released.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Then it was Suzann Pettersen's gut wrenching and ultimately successful putt on the final green at the Scottish course that decided the outcome.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

What a bounty of heart, wit and captivating stage presence from this Irish singer behind “Euro-Country,” one of the funniest and most wrenching albums of 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

There was a great wrenching as the wings caught the pines at the side of the clearing and broke back, ripping back just outside the main braces.

From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen