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hammer

[ham-er] / ˈhæm ər /


VERB
create
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The guitar now going under the hammer was "a gift" to his sister because the singer "thought so much of her", he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

Scores of Flock cameras are still operating citywide, but police officials say they won’t have access to them unless the Los Angeles city attorney’s office can hammer out a new agreement with Flock.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 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

On most Sundays, Tomás put his hammer down for a few hours and went to church.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

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

Recovery is well underway, with the sounds of hammers, saws and nail guns ringing through the air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

"This is a gift to the United States of America," Trump said last month as he took reporters on a tour of the building site, shouting over the noise of hammers and buzzsaws.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

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

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026

The noise from the music room hammers around us in emphasis, copying the beating of my heart.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

Rampant Australia racked up the biggest score in international history as they hammered Wales in a Rugby League World Cup mismatch.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 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

That message was hammered home Saturday for dozens of voting rights groups, community organizations and unions attending a rally to recruit and train poll watchers for the November election.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Anya’s heart still hammered and her belly twisted with fear, and the first coherent thought she could dredge up was why the dragon hadn’t tried to eat her yet.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

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

The two sides spent months hammering out the details.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Pietersen spoke about his coaching ambitions earlier in 2026,, external after England's 4-1 Ashes hammering in Australia.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

Alyce left the barn and went next to the smithy, where the manor blacksmith and his apprentices were hammering lumps of iron into shoes for horses.

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman


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