The CIA's finding threw a spanner in the works of White House policy, at least temporarily.
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The International Monetary Fund has already cut its forecast for global growth after Brexit threw "a spanner in the works".
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The seizure of the Grace 1 threw a spanner in the works, not least because Britain was prodded into action by American intelligence.
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But Fairplane, a group representing airline passengers, threw a spanner in the works, filing legal cases last week to have Niki's insolvency proceedings shifted to Austria.
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But the seizure of the Adrian Darya 1—with its 2.1m barrels of oil—threw a spanner in the works, not least because Britain was prodded into action by American intelligence.
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The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday it had been planning to raise its forecasts for global growth until Brexit threw "a spanner in the works" and prompted the Fund to trim its forecasts.
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The International Monetary Fund said last week that it had been planning to raise its forecasts for global growth until Brexit threw "a spanner in the works," prompting it to trim its forecasts instead.
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"The June payrolls number threw a spanner in the works for those participants looking for a 50bp cut to the Federal Funds rate at the upcoming FOMC meeting," ANZ Research said in a note.
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After Qwant won over Huawei to building a device with its search engine in prime position, Leandri says it was Google's changes to the licensing terms for Android that threw a spanner in the works.
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However, the Federation of International Motocycling (FIM) potentially threw a spanner in the works by last month announcing a rival series, the inaugural FIM E-Bike Enduro World Cup that will take place in France in June.
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"The June payrolls number threw a spanner in the works for those participants looking for a 20.6974 basis point cut to the federal funds rate at the upcoming FOMC meeting," ANZ analysts wrote to clients in a note.
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But, more significantly, Amazon threw a spanner in the works when it purchased Whole Foods just days before Blue Apron's debut, giving investors concerned the alliance would negatively impact the company, piling on more doubt that had surfaced around the viability of its customer retention strategy.
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GENDER REVEAL GOES WRONG WHEN BASEBALL SMACKS GRANDFATHER IN THE FACE The mum, who moved to the US in 2006 from Syria, said morning sickness early on in her pregnancy threw a spanner in the works but she was determined not to let it affect her academic performance.
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Higher quality wrenches are typically made from chromium-vanadium alloy tool steels and are often drop-forged. They are frequently chrome-plated to resist corrosion and for ease of cleaning. Hinged tools, such as pliers or tongs, are not generally considered wrenches in English, but exceptions are the plumber wrench (pipe wrench in British English) and Mole wrench (sometimes Mole grips in British English). The word can also be used in slang to describe an unexpected obstacle, for example, "He threw a spanner in the works" (in U.S. English, "monkey wrench").
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Pat immediately "threw a spanner in the works" by telling Pete that he was not Simon's biological father, as she had previously claimed. After causing havoc Pat then disappeared; however, she was reintroduced later in the year, returning as a regular character, barmaid of The Queen Victoria public house. St. Clement had reservations about returning to the soap. In 1995 she told The Independent, "I couldn't envisage how this character, who creates absolute havoc everywhere she goes and is not at home with herself or with anybody else in the Square, could possibly fit in".
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