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hammer

[ham-er] / ˈhæm ər /


VERB
create
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Also under the deal, FAA managers and union representatives will hammer out new shift guidelines to maximize staffing during high traffic volumes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The three items were sold to a British private collector at Dominic Winter Auctioneers in the Cotswolds on Wednesday, fetching a hammer price of £5,000 - double the estimate.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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

I hefted the hammer and began again, keeping at it until I couldn’t lift the hammer one more time.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

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

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

A furious Peeta hammers Flaymitch with the atrocity he could become party to, but I can feel Haymitch watching me.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

The details would be hammered out back in Washington, the people said.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Chwalinska, 25, felt a few nerves as she closed in on her first WTA 1,000 title, but took her third championship point when Kartal hammered a forehand long.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

“His anthem, his law, hammered, hammered, into me.”

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

Crab hammered one fist into the other palm for emphasis.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds

Lobsterman Steve Train starts every workday before dawn about $1,000 in the hole, a hike in expenses driven by soaring fuel costs that are hammering Maine's flagship maritime industry ahead of US midterm elections.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Tech firms took a hammering on Tuesday amid concerns about China's progress in developing AI chips and following comments by Broadcom's boss likening the AI buying frenzy to gambling.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

England won only two of McCullum's final 10 Tests in charge, including the hammering in Australia.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Hobson added that her focus has been on hammering home the museum’s populist themes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

The side of the boat sprang a leak in the cold dawn, and as they came in sight of the island, Irian bent over it, her eyes narrowed, hammering in nails.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell


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