hammer
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Europe will use the gathering to hammer home its pro-AI agenda.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
He was a hammer meeting a nail, traveling to the run down parts of towns all over America to shore things up — to entertain rather than win over audiences.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
The initial phase of contract talks still would have union and county representatives seeking to hammer out a mutually beneficial deal, with a presumption that both sides would negotiate in good faith.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
When it brings down the hammer, the league has historically favored fines and points deductions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
He then had me sit on the edge of the examination table, and he tapped my knees with a flat-nosed rubber hammer.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez
At The Yard, a junkyard playground on a former Coast Guard installation in New York City, children play with hammers, saws and knives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Recovery is well underway, with the sounds of hammers, saws and nail guns ringing through the air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The rhythmic clanging of hammers on bronze echoes through the Istanbul workshop where three craftsmen are landing blows with astonishing precision to transform featureless metal discs into highly prized handcrafted cymbals.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The other reason was we were hammers and so we saw everything as a nail.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
I slip into my sneakers as I approach the back kitchen door, stepping cautiously around wooden planks, hammers, nails, and one very scary-looking chain saw.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
That message was hammered home Saturday for dozens of voting rights groups, community organizations and unions attending a rally to recruit and train poll watchers for the November election.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
At the meeting, Kao and Reed, the super PAC’s chair, hammered out a deal for a six-figure donation, Kao told the FBI.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Highflying chip and memory stocks are getting hammered, while software developers rally as AI disruption fears ease.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Sovereign bonds that had been hammered earlier this week steadied and stocks rallied Thursday, with sentiment turning positive following comments from Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The cell was bitter cold, wind hammered against the wall.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
After a tough start, last week's win over the Buffalo Bills was a huge confidence boost for the New England Patriots, as they showed with a 45-17 hammering of the Las Vegas Raiders.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Major rivers including the Rhine, the Danube and the Loire have been reduced to fractions of their normal flows, leaving behind cracked earth and dead fish, while hammering economies.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
No one knows, but all the flailing, hammering, digging and burrowing are for naught.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
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
“You didn’t answer my question,” said Boaz, his heart hammering.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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