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hammer

[ham-er] / ˈhæm ər /


VERB
create
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Ukrainian soldiers had used a hammer and chisel to break through the concrete in the middle and dug out a small shelter just big enough for two people in the earth beneath.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

The guitar now going under the hammer was "a gift" to his sister because the singer "thought so much of her", he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Scores of Flock cameras are still operating citywide, but police officials say they won’t have access to them unless the Los Angeles city attorney’s office can hammer out a new agreement with Flock.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Leaders at the two-day Montreal meeting will try to hammer out specifics for closer ties in areas including defense, artificial intelligence and critical minerals.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 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

At The Yard, a junkyard playground on a former Coast Guard installation in New York City, children play with hammers, saws and knives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Recovery is well underway, with the sounds of hammers, saws and nail guns ringing through the air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

At the lows during April and May 2024, the stock displayed consecutive bullish hammers along with clusters of dojis and spinning tops, in March-April 2025.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

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

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026

With wrenches, hammers, washers, and black goop, they did this, getting soaked in the process.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau

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

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

This is up from 4.3% last quarter, which marked the slowest growth since 2022, when the Covid-19 pandemic hammered the Chinese economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 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

According to some tales, he hammered steel drilling spikes into granite for a railroad company.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

The Monarchs were clinging to a 21-20 lead in the second set when Matavao took control, hammering spikes for her team’s last four points.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

Still, he maintained, echoing a similar statement after polls closed Tuesday, that he'd "do it again" despite the election hammering.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Traders punished the stock with a 13% decline Thursday that marked its worst day on record, hammering major Alphabet shareholders such as Berkshire Hathaway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Rauf defended his first 18 balls then cut loose to his 19th, hammering Crocombe for four then running away and throwing his bat in the air to begin the joyous celebrations.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

The guy looks over, pauses in his hammering.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz


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