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Now, lawmakers must hammer out the details of that legislation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

"If you hit Silly Putty with a hammer, it can actually crack and break," said Stamps, associate professor in the Department of Geosciences, part of the Virginia Tech College of Science.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

Oman’s foreign minister followed, trying to hammer out an agreement with Iran on the lanes ships would use to transit the Strait of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

European Council chief Antonio Costa kicked off a tour of EU capitals this week bidding to hammer out a compromise on the budget -- with the clock ticking down to a December deadline.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

The hammer felt like a feather as I finished the next section of fence.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

But now we’ve had three visits in five years, and in my head, this hammers home the point that baseball players have nothing to gain from a visit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

“You think you’re going to go there and the hammers and the screwdrivers will still be hanging on the wall?” he asked her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 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

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

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026

It was as different from the music of the little gold hammers as anything could be.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Markey, though, hammered the issues where they did diverge—including the debate over transgender rights.

From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026

The instability that hammered the South Korean equity market in July was unlike anything investors in that market had ever seen before.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026

On November 21, 1995, the Dayton Accords, hammered out under international pressure, bring an end to the war.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

A decision by most provinces to remove US alcohol from store shelves has hammered that sector.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Blue velvet and hammered silver and braided gold tablecloths are rolled out, each one decorated with the House of Greenbriar’s standard, a tree of flowers, thorns, and roots.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Major rivers including the Rhine, the Danube and the Loire have been reduced to fractions of their normal flows, leaving behind cracked earth and dead fish, while hammering economies.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

The thud of a hammering Hulksmash rattles our seats; later, a cocked rifle is so crisp we perk up like a dog hearing the mailman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

But Stevens more aptly fits the conventional understanding of electable, a point that her campaign is hammering home as its closing message.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

Walking back to the car, weeping behind my sunglasses, I was shaky and hot and breathless, my heart hammering in my chest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

There is a sound of hammering; it is the box being nailed down.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker