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Recovery is well underway, with the sounds of hammers, saws and nail guns ringing through the air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Yehuda Cohen Tzedek, a 29-year-old former Hilltop Youth, demonstrated how people at outposts use nail guns to call for help from others nearby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
Moreover, given the company’s products and offerings are at different stages of maturity, growth and decline, it’s been challenging for investors to nail down the company’s prospects given its complex structure, Moerdler wrote.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
However, the deal represented the last nail in the coffin for the Kurds' long-held dream of autonomy.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
When she got there Aunt Rose waited, a small bag and a nail in her hand.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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“They know it’s going to create chaos for immigrants and their lawyers,” Navarrete said, looking at her long acrylic nails, which she gets done every other week as a form of self-care.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
"Arboreality is fundamental to understanding primates - including ourselves - because it has shaped our body to a large degree: hands and feet, wrists and ankles, nails instead of claws, etc.,"
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
Realising her nails clicking together sounded like a typewriter, she wrote 9 to 5 while waiting around on set.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
“What did I get myself into?” he asked, finding kitchen equipment, furniture, clothes, bottles, a family picture, and wooden planks with nails pointing upward coating the floor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The pink of the woman’s nails as she cradled the baby’s back.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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He nailed several boards together to create a makeshift coffin for the limb.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
And Gasly and his team absolutely nailed qualifying, while all the usual leading contenders had scrappy sessions one way or another.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
They each contacted Boyagoda midway through to say, in essence, “You nailed it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
It was on line and probably would have nailed the hustling Gantner but John cut it off, then threw wildly past catcher Don Slaught and into the Brewers’ dugout as Gantner scored.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Others had nailed sheets of plywood or metal in place of missing windows.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
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After nailing down a center, Pelinka also needs to really hit on the margins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
Lee is known for making some bold and accurate calls, advising investors to buy stocks during pandemic lows and nailing the 2023 bull market.
From MarketWatch ● May 1, 2026
"Consistency is so important as you need to be nailing it every time and hold your nerve."
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026
The Boston Herald noted in a review that DeCarlo “did a phenomenal job on vocals, consistently nailing the money notes and conjuring an uncanny likeness to Delp’s overall style and tone.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
While construction crews began expanding roads and nailing together new buildings at Los Alamos, Oppenheimer turned to his next task: “a policy of absolutely unscrupulous recruiting of anyone we can lay hands on.”
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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