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jackhammer

[jak-ham-er] / ˈdʒækˌhæm ər /




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If you’re a fan of Croatia, I think you might want to stop reading here and go do something less stressful, like operating a jackhammer, or wrestling a sock drawer full of cobras.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

Carolyn Hove, raising her voice to be heard over the crew operating a jackhammer in front of her home, asked: “How much more are we supposed to go through?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 17, 2026

In the end, Guadagnino takes a jackhammer to everything he’s spent the last two-plus hours so meticulously building, but not quite in the way one might expect.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2025

Let’s say you’re out on some rugged outcropping and you need to jump on your jackhammer for a few minutes.

From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2024

As they jumped to their feet and hurried off, a crew member put on his ear protectors, picked up his jackhammer, and pushed the start button.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

The roar of bulldozers and jackhammers drilling into piles of debris is almost constant.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025

“There will be a moment in time in 2028 when there will be no construction at LAX. There will be no jackhammers in the central terminal, there will be no orange cones,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025

The technician positioned me to slide through the metal arc of an MRI machine while the sound of jackhammers pounded.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024

The jackhammers are aminocyanine molecules, a class of fluorescent synthetic dyes used for medical imaging.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 19, 2023

The four jackhammers blasted again, sending sound waves bouncing around the webs and girders that held the bows in place.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George


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