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hammer

[ham-er] / ˈhæm ər /


VERB
create
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Among the events watched by the spectators were tug-of-war, caber tossing, hammer throwing, Highland dancing and a parade of pipe bands.

From BBC Sep. 5, 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

"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

But he drove the second nail, looped his hammer, and joined us.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

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

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

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

He had broad shoulders and bulging arms, hands like hammers, and the leathery skin of a man who’d been sunburned so many times his naturally creamy complexion had grown tough and brown as rawhide.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Sovereign bonds that had been hammered earlier this week steadied and stocks rallied Thursday, with sentiment turning positive following comments from Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

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

But their historic style of planting and ancient trees are being hammered by climate change -- including record heatwaves and drought this summer.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

My heart, already racing, hammered in my chest.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart

Hobson added that her focus has been on hammering home the museum’s populist themes.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

After punching out the raised bell and cutting it to size, what looks like the now recognisable cymbal must undergo the all-important hammering process.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 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

I drop it like it’s fire, watch it flutter to the floor while I count and breathe, count and breathe, forcing my hammering heart to chill out.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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