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hammer

[ham-er] / ˈhæm ər /


VERB
create
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Also under the deal, FAA managers and union representatives will hammer out new shift guidelines to maximize staffing during high traffic volumes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Europe will use the gathering to hammer home its pro-AI agenda.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

The three items were sold to a British private collector at Dominic Winter Auctioneers in the Cotswolds on Wednesday, fetching a hammer price of £5,000 - double the estimate.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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

I could almost hear the beating of my own heart; and the blood surging through my temples sounded like blows from a hammer.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Recovery is well underway, with the sounds of hammers, saws and nail guns ringing through the air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

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

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 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

The other reason was we were hammers and so we saw everything as a nail.

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026

“Hey, Dad? I’m off to get the toolbox. You recall the toolbox? Man needs tools to work. Screwdrivers and hammers and stuff. Plenty of tools there, you want to help,” and so on.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick

Even though “housing demand is being hammered, housing supply is also weak,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

India's men hammered Sri Lanka by 124 runs after Pakistan beat Bangladesh by six wickets in the semi-finals.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

While BBC Sport understands final details are still being hammered out between Netflix, Saudi Arabian organisers Sela and both fighters' camps, Cardiff has firmly emerged as the frontrunner, with an official announcement expected this week.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Discs of hammered gold at her temples were connected by spans of fine chain across her brow.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

One example of how midrange strikes helped there: Some of Russia’s electronic warfare systems run on generators, so hammering fuel logistics helped degrade this enemy capability.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Pietersen spoke about his coaching ambitions earlier in 2026,, external after England's 4-1 Ashes hammering in Australia.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

Hobson added that her focus has been on hammering home the museum’s populist themes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

No one knows, but all the flailing, hammering, digging and burrowing are for naught.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

The others he nailed into the grave’s damp red-clay walls while both of us lay on the grass, me holding a croker sack blanket and a long nail, him propped on his left elbow, hammering.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns


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