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Hammerheads stand out from other shark species by the distinctive shape of their heads, which stick out perpendicular to their bodies in the shape of, well, a hammer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

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

As Renee DiResta, associate professor at Georgetown University, told me, generative AI is a tool: “You can take a hammer and build a house with it, or you can use it as a weapon, right?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 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

When he came back, he had a hammer, a jar of nails, a bag of cotton balls, a bottle of iodine, and some Band-Aids.

From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli

In the background, hammers and saws can be heard creating escape routes through the destruction.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

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

More recently, the stock has been building a base near its rising 50-week SMA, with higher lows reinforced by bullish hammers and a harami between May and July 2024, followed by a doji in October.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 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

Large arms and hands like hammers clasped her from behind.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

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

Shares in the company, whose business has been hammered in recent years by competition from Asian steelmakers, were up around one percent in Frankfurt.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

Any lingering hope disappeared entirely a couple of balls later when Walter - who made 44 not out off 28 balls - twice hammered Abrar for six down the ground.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

At the Glenn-Mills trial in Los Angeles, Meta attorneys repeatedly hammered witnesses about the lack of a listing — at times appearing to annoy jurors and test the patience of the court.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

Or perhaps it was just that she sounded too calm, while his heart hammered in his chest.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

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

England needed 49 off the final four, when Bethell climbed into the leg-spin of Ravi Bishnoi, hammering three sixes for a total of 29 off the 17th over.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

I started hammering before he’d even stepped into the stirrup.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson