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iron

[ahy-ern] / ˈaɪ ərn /


NOUN
hard, ferrous metal
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Retailers have also tweaked their shopping assistants in an effort to iron out service issues.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Between 2012 and 2023, official gold production nearly quadrupled from 13 to 51 tonnes, while the country also boasts veins of iron, diamonds, nickel, manganese, bauxite, copper and coltan.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

El Mansouri has rejected her portrayal as an "iron woman", telling Pam's magazine in 2021: "I am neither a woman of steel nor iron... I am a free activist."

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

“Growing demand for premium steelmaking inputs, declining seaborne ore quality, and increasing blending requirements support structurally attractive economics for ultra high-grade iron ore producers.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Lucky or unlucky, the sharp angle of the tamping iron made all the difference to Phineas.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

No fog lights grace the front lower corners; the molded blanks in the lower grille look like waffle irons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Tesla has “lots of irons in the fire” that could help shares move higher, Kallo said in a note to clients.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026

Meanwhile, Rebel Wilson won worst actress for "her not-quite-believable performance as an action hero in Bride Hard with weaponised curling irons".

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

The five-time major winner from Northern Ireland switched to cavity-back irons for last December's Australian Open and two events this year in Dubai but is back to familiar equipment this week.

From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026

It was Tuesday, so both sad irons were heating on the stove and I’d covered the kitchen table with a clean blanket.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Russian Daniil Medvedev, a former world number one and the 2021 US Open champion, said the more focus on the sport the better, and any problems can be ironed out.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

These issues need to be ironed out quickly by the coaching staff as their Europa League qualification hangs in the balance prior to Thursday's second leg against Jagiellonia Bialystok.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

“Iran said it reached an agreement with Oman on a proposed route for shipping through the waterway, however, the details are still to be ironed out,” ANZ Research analysts note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Honey and others ironed out the technical details of merging information from different agencies and crafted data-sharing contracts.

From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2026

I watched as she used the rotary cutter to cut a pentagon shape, sewed different scraps together around the pentagon’s edges, and ironed after each seam.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

Routine tasks - assigned on a rota 24 hours a day, seven days a week - included cooking, cleaning, ironing, shopping, looking after Brain's young daughter, and walking his dog.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The deceptively simple work is part sculpture, part assemblage, part collage and features a vintage wooden ironing board set beside a white sheet hung on a line with six wooden clothespins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

“What the 60-day window is actually for is ironing out the thorniest details,” Henrietta Treyz, director of economic policy at Veda Partners, wrote in a note.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 16, 2026

First she mocked women with, “What am I, my husband’s servant? Picking up after him all the time, picking his undies off the floor, ironing his clothes? What am I, his servant?”

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

She was standing at the ironing board, pressing one of my father’s dress shirts.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English




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