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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

"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

Just like that, Beejee found his pliers and hammer.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly

In the background, hammers and saws can be heard creating escape routes through the destruction.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Some years later a cat keyboard emerged, featuring keys that activated hammers to which pins were attached.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

The rhythmic clanging of hammers on bronze echoes through the Istanbul workshop where three craftsmen are landing blows with astonishing precision to transform featureless metal discs into highly prized handcrafted cymbals.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 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

I myself had found ancient stone tools, very crude and primitive, that had probably been used as hammers.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall

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

It hammered at the coal silk, but not a drop got in.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

Rather than hammering home his advantage, defending champion Romero went back into his shell and Lopez kept him well at bay with his jab to take the 23rd victory of his career.

From BBC Aug. 23, 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

Tuesday's hammering followed a bleak day on Wall Street, where the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index dropped 2.2 percent as Sandisk tanked 11 percent, while Advanced Micro Devices and Nvidia gave up around five percent.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

They went back and forth all day, Kennedy on the defensive, Khrushchev hammering away.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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