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hammer

[ham-er] / ˈhæm ər /


VERB
create
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That’s a smile piece, too, although Ono looks all business holding a crystalline hammer on the catalog cover photo.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Baxter described the announcement on Thursday as "barmy" and "the biggest hammer blow to local democracy that's happened in 50 years".

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Pele’s 1958 World Cup jersey goes under the hammer.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

Gignac, who sells other city trash on his website, said he tied some of the items into knots to "hammer home the wedding theme."

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

You won’t find half so much fault in me if you think of me in my forge dress, with my hammer in my hand, or even my pipe.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

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

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

In 1812 Luddites took hammers to knitting machines for fear of jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 22, 2026

The hammers reset, and Hazel had a feeling the guns had just magically reloaded.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Rushing hammered the grooved fastball to left-center field, just shy of the Citizens Bank Park concourse.

From Los Angeles Times 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

“We’ve been hammered by rate increases for years,” said Danny Veseth of Milwaukee, Wis. “Leaner means increased affordability.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Soaring energy costs have also hammered the industry, while business rates and other pressures have seen some pubs struggle to afford to pay staff.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

She judged the space on either side of Sigurd, ready to time a run at escape, when a column of water blasted sideways from the wall and hammered Sigurd in the face.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

England have lost seven of their past nine Tests, including the 4-1 Ashes hammering in Australia.

From BBC Jul. 12, 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

Wales encouraged AI companies to "pay their fair share", because "hammering us with millions of requests costs real money," in the cost of running servers.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

Frankly, the dorky version of Adam is more fun than the heroic He-Man, even with Knight hammering us every minute to laugh that he’s a total weakling.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

Thandiwe nodded, and the guard flew off to join a squadron that was buzzing around the bossling’s head, hammering blows that didn’t seem to faze the monster.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia




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