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hammer

[ham-er] / ˈhæm ər /


VERB
create
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In today’s feed, it pays to watch where the hammer is swinging.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

But it is also the quieter skill of noticing when the building is complete and putting down the hammer.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

Archaeologists have identified a prehistoric hammer made from elephant bone that dates back almost 500,000 years.

From Science Daily Jul. 27, 2026

That’s a smile piece, too, although Ono looks all business holding a crystalline hammer on the catalog cover photo.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

We work like that—level, hammer, level, hammer—and get the whole frame together.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

More recently, the stock has been building a base near its rising 50-week SMA, with higher lows reinforced by bullish hammers and a harami between May and July 2024, followed by a doji in October.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

Friday’s broadcast ended with a literal bang, with Colbert, Daniels and White taking hammers to the talk show set and setting it ablaze.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

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

From Slate Mar. 30, 2026

Among the works is a giant dinosaur fossil made from hammers, knives and spanners, a snake made from an old bicycle chain and a bull's nostrils formed from a vintage gas mask.

From BBC Mar. 12, 2026

They passed through industrial neighborhoods, where the orb buzz was drowned out by the sound of clanging hammers and the whir of saws.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

Hefty selling on Wall Street bled through to Asia, where Seoul dived more than three percent as chipmakers were hammered.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

Last year, for example, at his Miami waterfront estate, Witkoff hammered out a plan with Russia’s Dmitriev for $300 billion in joint Russia–U.S. investment projects—which would come to fruition after some possible future peace.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

“We’ve been hammered by rate increases for years,” said Danny Veseth of Milwaukee, Wis. “Leaner means increased affordability.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

So it was a big deal when they hammered their old rivals in the British Home Championship 5-0 at Hampden Park in 1888, before England even had a football league.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

She hammered a row of nails into a board.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez

The thud of a hammering Hulksmash rattles our seats; later, a cocked rifle is so crisp we perk up like a dog hearing the mailman.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 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

Thanks to the constant hammering of the helicopters, “it was like ‘Apocalypse Now,’ ” Andy Warhol wrote in his diary.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Wales encouraged AI companies to "pay their fair share", because "hammering us with millions of requests costs real money," in the cost of running servers.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

When the hammering ends, Byrd opens her phone, letting light pierce the dark room.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers




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