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hammer

[ham-er] / ˈhæm ər /


VERB
create
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"I'm very much focused on using my eyes to find the fossils, so there's definitely plenty of trips where I'll go out and my hammer will stay in my rucksack."

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

But it is also the quieter skill of noticing when the building is complete and putting down the hammer.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

Archaeologists have identified a prehistoric hammer made from elephant bone that dates back almost 500,000 years.

From Science Daily Jul. 27, 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

James and I watched him for a moment, rattled by the interruption and the ting, ting of the hammer on iron.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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

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 plays an urgent rendition of Tony Joe White’s “Polk Salad Annie,” where the bass hammers with punk-like aggression.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 24, 2026

When I was very young, my mother pretended she could shape things from the wind, and she would give them to me to use, like hammers and nails, or swords, or roller skates.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

He wrote in a social-media post Saturday night that Iran and other Middle East countries had urged him to cancel his attack because the “perimeters of a deal” had been hammered out.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

That has hammered a number of previously high-flying companies that have hit multiple records this year, particularly those in South Korea and Japan.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

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

However, details of exactly what salary information will have to be shared are yet to be hammered out.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

Rashid’s heart hammered hard as he pulled Tad down the hall.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau

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

April’s reading was the lowest since May 2020, a time when pandemic lockdowns were hammering German businesses and consumers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

From Germany's 7-1 rout of debutants Curacao in Houston on 14 June to Canada's 6-0 hammering of Qatar in Vancouver four days later, there has been an avalanche of goals.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

Kin the blacksmith had his back to her, hammering out a sheet of glowing red metal on his anvil.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack




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