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hammer

[ham-er] / ˈhæm ər /


VERB
create
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Marr will donate the full hammer price from 31 lots to The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association and The National Autistic Society.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Now, lawmakers must hammer out the details of that legislation.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

"If you hit Silly Putty with a hammer, it can actually crack and break," said Stamps, associate professor in the Department of Geosciences, part of the Virginia Tech College of Science.

From Science Daily Sep. 1, 2026

A delegation of senior Pentagon and State Department officials, including OSC Director David Lorch, visited Venezuela in July to hammer out the deal’s terms, some of the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

As we entered the building, Raizel retrieved a hammer from the scatter of tools lying in the corner.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Some years later a cat keyboard emerged, featuring keys that activated hammers to which pins were attached.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

But now we’ve had three visits in five years, and in my head, this hammers home the point that baseball players have nothing to gain from a visit.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

But at the end of the day, "if you build a hammer... you can hurt yourself. So should we not build hammers any more"?

From Barron's Mar. 30, 2026

The other reason was we were hammers and so we saw everything as a nail.

From Slate Mar. 30, 2026

Strickland studied the faded tapestries on the walls, the arched windows with their myriad diamond-shaped panes of red and white glass, the racks of spears and swords and war- hammers.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

The real-estate downturn, which began in 2021, has hammered a primary revenue source for local governments and dented private confidence, creating a drag on domestic demand.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Markey, though, hammered the issues where they did diverge—including the debate over transgender rights.

From Slate Sep. 2, 2026

The instability that hammered the South Korean equity market in July was unlike anything investors in that market had ever seen before.

From MarketWatch Aug. 30, 2026

A decision by most provinces to remove US alcohol from store shelves has hammered that sector.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

Mini squeezed her eyes shut, ran forward, and hammered the blow-dryer on top of the asura’s hand.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

Pietersen spoke about his coaching ambitions earlier in 2026,, external after England's 4-1 Ashes hammering in Australia.

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

After punching out the raised bell and cutting it to size, what looks like the now recognisable cymbal must undergo the all-important hammering process.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

But Stevens more aptly fits the conventional understanding of electable, a point that her campaign is hammering home as its closing message.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2026

Still, when the train came into view, steam engine hissing, pistons hammering, Fannie picked up her skirts and ran alongside the train cars, shouting at the men inside.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell




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