hammered
Example Sentences
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Menus are hammered out course by course, with ingredients screened to avoid poisoning—not just by would-be assassins but also regular old food poisoning.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026
Then the climate got warmer, and along came Hurricane Irma in 2017, which hammered the Ridge.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
The AI “scare trade” hammered software names and professional-services companies earlier this year.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
McIlroy, with the adrenaline pumping, hammered his tee shot on the 170-yard par three 16th beyond the pin and off the back of the green.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Not that she can move, for her legs seem suddenly to have been hammered into the ground beneath her.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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