hammer
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“The main thing is trying to put people in a position to succeed. And how that looks, we’re going to continue to hammer out over the next week to month.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
It was that decision that finally delivered the platform for Newcastle to first hammer away on the left then eventually go through hands out wide right to where a grateful Wade was waiting.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Europe will use the gathering to hammer home its pro-AI agenda.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Despite months of talks between Sramek’s team, Mashburn and state lawmakers, trying to hammer out a better one, Saronic said in June it had picked Texas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
So I went where I always go when I don’t know what to do—I headed for the library to organize my thoughts and hammer out a battle plan.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
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Some years later a cat keyboard emerged, featuring keys that activated hammers to which pins were attached.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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
But at the end of the day, "if you build a hammer... you can hurt yourself. So should we not build hammers any more"?
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
The other reason was we were hammers and so we saw everything as a nail.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
Brokk began to pump, and the sound of Eitri’s hammers began as Eitri pulled and shaped and welded and joined.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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With shares trading at just 3.7 times forward earnings — a 65% discount to their historical average — he thinks Sandisk has been unfairly hammered.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2026
He had hammered the issues of cost of living, healthcare, and corruption while on the campaign trail.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026
When neighbours hammered on Jean Powell's door and evacuated her to safety because the nearby river had burst its banks and swamped her town, little did she know she would never return home.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
Stocks of companies whose fortunes are tightly coupled with the AI boom have been hammered over the past month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
My heart hammered at the thought of cars whizzing by her.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
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The Monarchs were clinging to a 21-20 lead in the second set when Matavao took control, hammering spikes for her team’s last four points.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 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
The two sides spent months hammering out the details.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The Daily Express also quotes Badenoch, who is urging the government to end the "hammering" of Britain's shops and pubs.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
“Two weeks? Are you in control of your brains? Oh, I get it. I’ve got to be out here day and night, hammering and sawing.”
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
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