hammer
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Possessing a Roger Federer-style one-handed backhand, and a Thor-inspired hammer celebration, Balshaw announced his arrival in some style.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
He was a hammer meeting a nail, traveling to the run down parts of towns all over America to shore things up — to entertain rather than win over audiences.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
The initial phase of contract talks still would have union and county representatives seeking to hammer out a mutually beneficial deal, with a presumption that both sides would negotiate in good faith.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Michael celebrated the ruling on X, writing: "The hammer of justice has smashed Anthropic arguments."
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
It’s a small rectangle of metal, and I have to hit it over and over again with a riveting hammer until it is completely covered with little round divots.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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At The Yard, a junkyard playground on a former Coast Guard installation in New York City, children play with hammers, saws and knives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Recovery is well underway, with the sounds of hammers, saws and nail guns ringing through the air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
"This is a gift to the United States of America," Trump said last month as he took reporters on a tour of the building site, shouting over the noise of hammers and buzzsaws.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
The other reason was we were hammers and so we saw everything as a nail.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
I take an involuntary step back as the space seems to get tighter, pushing in on me, and my heart hammers in the hollow at the bottom of my throat.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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“His anthem, his law, hammered, hammered, into me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Wall Street has hammered those stocks this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Even though “housing demand is being hammered, housing supply is also weak,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
At the meeting, Kao and Reed, the super PAC’s chair, hammered out a deal for a six-figure donation, Kao told the FBI.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
She hammered the door again and now also the wall between the vault and Harry’s breeze-filled office.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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The two sides spent months hammering out the details.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The Daily Express also quotes Badenoch, who is urging the government to end the "hammering" of Britain's shops and pubs.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
This means that, as with its social media ban, the government is looking to bring in legislation before fully hammering out the specifics of how it would work.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
Hobson added that her focus has been on hammering home the museum’s populist themes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The wind rushed into him, hammering at his chest and face.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
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