hammer
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Canadian trade negotiators are in Washington this week trying to hammer out a deal that will include broad tariff relief in exchange for Ottawa dropping certain countermeasures.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
The announcement, which came last month during NATO’s summit in Turkey, is a sign that Lockheed Martin and Rheinmetall have been able to hammer out their differences after months of discussions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
"I'm very much focused on using my eyes to find the fossils, so there's definitely plenty of trips where I'll go out and my hammer will stay in my rucksack."
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
But it is also the quieter skill of noticing when the building is complete and putting down the hammer.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
“Why would you punch a bathroom stall?” she asks like she’s talking to a crazy guy coming at her with a hammer.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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In the background, hammers and saws can be heard creating escape routes through the destruction.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
But now we’ve had three visits in five years, and in my head, this hammers home the point that baseball players have nothing to gain from a visit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 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
The ground is littered with tools—wrenches, wire cutters in various sizes, hammers, and a few others that I don’t recognize.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
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In 2011, former Time Warner Cable executives hammered out the 20-year agreement with the Lakers, then owned by the late Jerry Buss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Smith also implied that instead of being hammered by the NABJ, he should be celebrated because he is about to be inducted into the Broadcasting+Cable Hall of Fame.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Set a modest 128 for victory, Super Giants romped to the total as Tim Seifert hammered an unbeaten 80 off 40 balls to secure victory with 33 balls to spare.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
He wrote in a social-media post Saturday night that Iran and other Middle East countries had urged him to cancel his attack because the “perimeters of a deal” had been hammered out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Bright as hammered gold, it hurts my eyes when I sit down on a patch of clover near the stables, looking back at the house.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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The thud of a hammering Hulksmash rattles our seats; later, a cocked rifle is so crisp we perk up like a dog hearing the mailman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
But Stevens more aptly fits the conventional understanding of electable, a point that her campaign is hammering home as its closing message.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
Tuesday's hammering followed a bleak day on Wall Street, where the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index dropped 2.2 percent as Sandisk tanked 11 percent, while Advanced Micro Devices and Nvidia gave up around five percent.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
With a towering performance, Norway’s star striker Erling Haaland sent Brazil packing in the round of 16, hammering home two goals in a 2-1 victory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
The guy looks over, pauses in his hammering.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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