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hammer

[ham-er] / ˈhæm ər /


VERB
create
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Europe will use the gathering to hammer home its pro-AI agenda.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

The three items were sold to a British private collector at Dominic Winter Auctioneers in the Cotswolds on Wednesday, fetching a hammer price of £5,000 - double the estimate.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Surging Treasury yields have begun to hammer parts of the stock market that might easily be overlooked, especially with the spotlight once again shining brightly on a small group of glamorous tech companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

He was a hammer meeting a nail, traveling to the run down parts of towns all over America to shore things up — to entertain rather than win over audiences.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

“You mind if I ask you a stupid question? Like why you want to hammer a hole in your ear? What do you mean, pain?”

From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli

At The Yard, a junkyard playground on a former Coast Guard installation in New York City, children play with hammers, saws and knives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 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

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

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026

He gave Doon a tool belt, too, in which were wrenches and hammers, spools of wire and tape, and tubes of some sort of black goop.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau

Canadian officials said they also expect agreements to be hammered out on defence, critical minerals, research and trade over the two days.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The coast could be particularly hammered if the exceptionally high king tides coincide with strong winter storms.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

The details would be hammered out back in Washington, the people said.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Wall Street has hammered those stocks this week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

“I could do without the crown,” she said, touching the golden circlet on her head, weighty as the anvil on which the blacksmith hammered the horseshoes.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

Rauf defended his first 18 balls then cut loose to his 19th, hammering Crocombe for four then running away and throwing his bat in the air to begin the joyous celebrations.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Data-center provider CoreWeave’s share and bond selloff brought credit risks into focus, hammering stocks across the AI supply chain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Tech firms took a hammering on Tuesday amid concerns about China's progress in developing AI chips and following comments by Broadcom's boss likening the AI buying frenzy to gambling.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

By its light I saw Mrs. Rhydd hammering on the fire exit.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell


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