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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

The two countries, both coastal states bordering the strait, have sought to hammer out a plan to regulate transit through it, as laid out in a June US-Iran memorandum of understanding.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

As negotiators have worked around the clock to hammer out a deal, some Canadians are expressing concern with what is - and what isn't - on the table.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

A gong and hammer function as a doorbell.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

If Charlie hadn’t stepped in, we’d probably still have been at it hammer and tongs today.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

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

“You think you’re going to go there and the hammers and the screwdrivers will still be hanging on the wall?” he asked her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

More recently, the stock has been building a base near its rising 50-week SMA, with higher lows reinforced by bullish hammers and a harami between May and July 2024, followed by a doji in October.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

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

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026

Children were taking hammers and smashing their piggy banks and running out to the shops with handfuls of money.

From "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl

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

Smith also implied that instead of being hammered by the NABJ, he should be celebrated because he is about to be inducted into the Broadcasting+Cable Hall of Fame.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Shares in the company, whose business has been hammered in recent years by competition from Asian steelmakers, were up around one percent in Frankfurt.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

Any lingering hope disappeared entirely a couple of balls later when Walter - who made 44 not out off 28 balls - twice hammered Abrar for six down the ground.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

She hammered on the cell door with the flat of her hand.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

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

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

Oil prices had plunged earlier in the week due to reports that Iran and Oman were hammering out an agreement to swiftly reopen the key energy transit channel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 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

There's the shop of the shoemaker Abdul Rahman—he's been inside hammering soles since I was born.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye