hammer

Example Sentences

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The Gulf oil states, allies of the US, and in the case of the UAE and Bahrain of Israel too, have suffered hammer blows.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Indonesia’s central bank hiked rates in an off-schedule decision on Tuesday, coming as a complex mix of headwinds hammer the country’s currency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Shin’s instincts could push him toward the Bank of Japan’s 1989 mistake: treating a market boom as a nail for the rate-hike hammer.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

“I’m just a shot guy right now, but I’d like to do the shot and hammer throw in college,” Kensinger said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 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