hammer
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Marr will donate the full hammer price from 31 lots to The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association and The National Autistic Society.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 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
Where the dirt is especially hard, I hammer using my entire weight.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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In the background, hammers and saws can be heard creating escape routes through the destruction.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
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
In late 2022-early 2023, it recorded a couple of bullish hammers and did the same last April.
From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026
The other reason was we were hammers and so we saw everything as a nail.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
Ron passed the bag to Griphook, and the goblin pulled out a number of small metal instruments that when shaken made a loud, ringing noise like miniature hammers on anvils.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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The real-estate downturn, which began in 2021, has hammered a primary revenue source for local governments and dented private confidence, creating a drag on domestic demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 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
A decision by most provinces to remove US alcohol from store shelves has hammered that sector.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
In the background, Papi sawed and hammered in a rhythm much more musical than what I conjured from the piano.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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Hobson added that her focus has been on hammering home the museum’s populist themes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
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
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
Former Hearts forward Ryan Stevenson was vociferous in his criticism after Hearts crashed out of the Champions League qualifiers following a 6-0 aggregate hammering from Sturm Graz.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
With her heart hammering at the surprise attack and her predicament, Warbeak realized that she was completely at the mercy of her captor.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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