hammered

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The Indian rupee shed over 6% against the dollar in 2026, hammered by high oil prices threatening to swell India’s import bill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Jakarta saw more steep losses amid building fears about the state of the Indonesian economy and the rupiah, which have been hammered by surging oil prices.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The country's trade surplus has been hammered, narrowing to just $89 million in April, from $3.3 billion a month before, further reducing dollar supply in the Indonesian market, Josua said.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

“It’s a huge, huge win for a grassroots movement that never raised a dollar and just hammered the truth,” Linas said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

The original Watson and Crick model of DNA, with its hammered metal plates and rickety rods twisting precariously around a steel laboratory stand, is housed behind a glass case.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee