hammer
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Thor then makes the former Captain America take hold of his hammer, Mjölnir, to prove his identity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Arrabaca had two axes, a hammer, a machete, six fireworks and three fixed-blade knives, Barnacle said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Baxter described the announcement on Thursday as "barmy" and "the biggest hammer blow to local democracy that's happened in 50 years".
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Pele’s 1958 World Cup jersey goes under the hammer.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
I could almost hear the beating of my own heart; and the blood surging through my temples sounded like blows from a hammer.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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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
Sparks illuminate the soot-covered studio of Japanese swordsmith Akihira Kawasaki as his apprentice hammers red-hot steel, showcasing a millennium-old craft now enjoying a resurgence in popularity.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
The voice of Claudius Templesmith, the Hunger Games announcer, hammers my ears.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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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
Echoing that signature yellow hue: a walnut island, a hammered barrel-vaulted copper hood, a copper farmhouse sink and replicated 1920s cabinetry painted “Matchstick” by Farrow & Ball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
All those videos of Dutch fans turning city blocks into bouncing orange waves or Scotland’s Tartan Army drinking Boston dry merely hammered the point home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
However, details of exactly what salary information will have to be shared are yet to be hammered out.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The matron relocked the door, then set off so rapidly that my heart hammered as I trotted after her, careful to stay off the precious matting.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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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
Back in 1974, when known as Zaire, their three group defeats included a 9-0 hammering by Yugoslavia.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
Researchers are still hammering out the kinks with error correction, though recent milestones show clear progress.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Frankly, the dorky version of Adam is more fun than the heroic He-Man, even with Knight hammering us every minute to laugh that he’s a total weakling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
The doctor is still shouting, hammering his fist on the door, and there are other voices in the courtyard, too.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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