hammer out
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Despite months of talks between Sramek’s team, Mashburn and state lawmakers, trying to hammer out a better one, Saronic said in June it had picked Texas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Now, lawmakers must hammer out the details of that legislation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The Pacific forum culminates with a leaders' retreat on Thursday, during which officials are expecting to hammer out wording for a joint communique.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
As negotiators have worked around the clock to hammer out a deal, some Canadians are expressing concern with what is - and what isn't - on the table.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The details of a $45 million trade more or less agreed upon in February 2007 took several months to hammer out, and the trade didn’t go through until early May.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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