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- noun One who, or that which,
wrenches .
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Examples
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It's not the obvious gut-wrencher from the Irish pixie, but it sure is the right one.
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It's not the obvious gut-wrencher from the Irish pixie, but it sure is the right one.
EW.com: Today's Latest Headlines Rob Brunner 2009
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It's not the obvious gut-wrencher from the Irish pixie, but it sure is the right one.
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He is a "wrencher" - a volunteer bike mechanic - at Community Cycles, a nonprofit that among other things salvages discarded bikes, teaches people how to fix them up and distributes them to people in need as near as the Front Range, as far away as Africa.
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He is a "wrencher" - a volunteer bike mechanic - at Community Cycles, a nonprofit that among other things salvages discarded bikes, teaches people how to fix them up and distributes them to people in need as near as the Front Range, as far away as Africa.
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The case has become legend in the annals of the environmental movement, and DeChristopher has become a conservation hero, a monkey wrencher who sought to protect the landscape without blowing up dams or spiking trees but by turning the gas leasing process on its head.
David Frey: Hero or Criminal? Climate Activist Tim DeChristopher on Trial David Frey 2011
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Its survival of the fittest and surely a popcorn wrencher if you ask me.
Update On The Descent 2 and It's Not Looking Good « FirstShowing.net 2008
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If Obama wants it, the DNC will work it all out to give him what he asks for since it would be in a sense for the person who is the potential monkey-wrencher this year.
AP: Obama Has Effectively Caught Up With Hillary In Super-Dels 2009
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"Can you explain why you can't pay your bills on time?" was a particular gut wrencher.
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We are our own protagonists, and our life plot is a tragedy, a comedy, a trial, a triumph, a gut wrencher, a tearjerker, and sometimes even a thrilling page-turner.
Arthur Rosenfeld: In Praise of Fiction -- A Gentle Reminder 2009
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