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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

Leaders at the two-day Montreal meeting will try to hammer out specifics for closer ties in areas including defense, artificial intelligence and critical minerals.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 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

My heart pounded like a hammer against my ribs.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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

Friday’s broadcast ended with a literal bang, with Colbert, Daniels and White taking hammers to the talk show set and setting it ablaze.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

In late 2022-early 2023, it recorded a couple of bullish hammers and did the same last April.

From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026

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

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026

Already, apart from many younger lads, more than a hundred sturdy hobbits were assembled with axes, and heavy hammers, and long knives, and stout staves; and a few had hunting-bows.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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

Chwalinska, 25, felt a few nerves as she closed in on her first WTA 1,000 title, but took her third championship point when Kartal hammered a forehand long.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

It was on pace for its largest percent decrease since April 2025 when tariff chaos hammered banks, and it has now lost 20% since its high in August.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

It floated serenely at treetop height and was tethered with ropes to a circle of stakes that had been hammered firmly into the earth.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

And after hammering No. 17 Florida on Saturday, the Bulldogs are the betting favorite to add another championship trophy in January.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Traders punished the stock with a 13% decline Thursday that marked its worst day on record, hammering major Alphabet shareholders such as Berkshire Hathaway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 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

“You didn’t answer my question,” said Boaz, his heart hammering.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny


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