anvil
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On Wednesday, the NBA dropped an anvil on Clipperland as it penalized the team for what it said were repeated salary-cap violations by engineering additional income opportunities for soon-to-be former star Kawhi Leonard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Nomura analysts warn more drastic measures may be on the anvil.
From Barron's ● May 17, 2026
One space had a section in the floor that was likely to have held an anvil as archaeologists found bits of broken metal around it.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2025
“Being back in the studio helps give me a sense of normalcy,” Berkofsky said as he hammered the red-hot Damascus steel on an anvil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025
He took the red straps to his anvil and punched screw holes in them and bent the angles with his hammer and the forked sparks leaped out.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Bynum uses allusions like anvils, following up that sour note by cueing the ballad “The Beast in Me” by Nick Lowe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025
What are you going to do, ban anvils?
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
Those standards require that helmet manufacturers evaluate their product’s safety performance by dropping a helmeted dummy head made of magnesium about 6.5 feet onto a variety of steel anvils.
From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2023
Each stroke Wednesday night seemed a little harder until, by the end of the match, she was delivering hammers and anvils.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 1, 2022
In the engine room below, it sounded like Leo and the others were doing an Irish line dance with anvils tied to their feet.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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