hammer out
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“My key role was I sat on the phone a lot,” Vance quipped recently to reporters about helping to hammer out a cease-fire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
Trump met Kim three times during his first term -- once declaring they were "in love" -- as he pushed to hammer out a long-coveted deal on de-nuclearisation.
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
And so Scott’s major recent step has been to hire a financial planner to help them hammer out their final retirement plans.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 10, 2026
The work I’m doing right now is so wonderful, but I’m just buzzing with the need to sit in one place for two months and hammer out a draft.
From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026
Greg Lippmann at Deutsche Bank, a pair of traders at Goldman Sachs, and a few others came together to hammer out the details of the contract.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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