wrenched
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Railroad lines and roads and bridges were wrenched away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
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
He took her elbow, but she wrenched her arm free and walked on, outwardly unmoved by his pleading.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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