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Nomura analysts warn more drastic measures may be on the anvil.

From Barron's ● May 17, 2026

The balls, which were delivered directly from the manufacturer to the officiating crew before each game, could be so stiff that kickers felt like they were driving their foot into an anvil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

Domestically, Modi has announced some help for struggling exporters and there are tax cuts on the anvil to mitigate the impact on exports.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 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

Each day his hammer rang on bronze until his rock anvil broke, or his tongs bent, or he ran out of firewood.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

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

And as more enthusiasts join the fray, the price of anvils has risen.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 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

But a decade ago, researchers found, using diamond anvils at outer core conditions, that iron conducts heat at least twice as fast as previously thought.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 30, 2022

The walls rang with the sound of hammers, and burly men in leather aprons stood sweating in the sullen heat as they bent over bel-lows and anvils.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin