hammer
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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
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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
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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
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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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