Ratchets

As the fear only ratchets as Bryon’s surgery grows near, chances of discovery rise with every minute he spends alongside the Taliban, and as such the viewer’s worry increases.

Despite that good news, this ratchets down the 3-day to at 3,850 theaters.

Gradually, each spy discovers the existence — but not the identity — of his opposite and, as the noose tightens and the tension ratchets past the cracking point, each man struggles furiously to unmask his rival before he himself is revealed and destroyed.

He understands that in the playoffs, every snap ratchets up to that intensity, as well.

He slowly ratchets up the tension over time, making strategic use of a score by Avery Kentis to punctuate the film’s most chilling moments.

Its thoughtful design slots its versatile battery pack in a vertical position at the bottom of the tool, making it a little less bottom-heavy than other ratchets that struggle to accommodate a large battery.

Pete Soviero was fresh out of Red Bank Regional High school when his parents co-signed a $15,000 loan to help him buy adjustable wrenches, ratchets and other tools to start his own auto repair shop in his hometown of Little Silver.

Taiwan's president-elect Lai Ching-te, a staunch defender of the island's democracy, will be sworn into office Monday as Beijing ratchets up military and diplomatic pressure on Taipei.

Tuesday’s blitz came as the province ratchets up its road safety enforcement efforts in the wake of dozens of overpass strikes involving commercial vehicles.

As UN ratchets up climate warnings, where are the solutions?

The call ratchets up Trump’s previous insinuations that voters should cast ballots twice, which would be illegal.

But over the course of the five episodes available for review, Wainwright slowly ratchets up the tension.

Her appointment comes as Bleacher Report, a sport- and sports culture-focused website, ratchets up its commitment to building out its original, premium mid- and long-form content pipeline.

It also ratchets up what I think they’re trying to avoid, which is their lurch left.

And while the game of revolving chairs in Washington plays on, there is more risk aversion creeping into play as geopolitical uncertainty ratchets higher with the more hawkish foreign policy leaning, Mike Pompeo, now the face of US foreign policy.

Making Prime Day last even longer “ratchets up the pressure on all of retail” to roll out heavy promotions “in hopes of attracting shoppers and dollars,” said Charlie O’Shea, lead retail analyst at Moody’s.

The big box retailer's largest acquisition to date ratchets up Walmart's e-commerce war with ) in a country where 35% of the country's 1.3 billion citizens use the internet.

The pressure ratchets up further when you consider Gov. John Bel Edwards and Senate President John Alario, R-Westwego, have agreed to end the regular session prematurely, maybe in early to mid-May, to make room for the year’s second special session.

When you exit the adjacent apartment a few minutes later, Pyramid Head is gone and the tension ratchets up a notch.

There are many designs, including levers, screws, and ratchets.