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Since winning his last slam, Djokovic achieved his lifelong goal of winning Olympic gold at Paris 2024.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Oregon must open doors for struggling students, not slam them shut.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

During heavy winter swells, waves 20 to 30 feet high can slam against the cliffs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

But hitting the $1 trillion goal is far from a slam dunk.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

I slam the directory closed and, nearly tripping over myself, race through the parlor and present myself in the foyer.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

The Court’s decision slams the door to such judicial misadventures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

Bogdan's coalition has gathered 4,000 signatures so far on a petition that slams the lack of public consultation about the Meridian Hill Park project and the possible cancellation of summer events due to construction.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

With medical personnel who helped his family in October on hand, Alex Vesia slams the door on the Mets to preserve the Dodgers’ one-run victory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

Another idea suggests the brightness spikes occur when the blast wave from the explosion slams into dense shells of gas surrounding the star.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026

Whenever she talks to Gina on the phone, he slams out the RV door and goes for a walk, even if it’s a dark and moonless night.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

“It felt like a movie” — that’s what we all said in the days and weeks after Sept. 11, 2001, when a Michael Bay action film slammed uncomfortably into real life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

A similar dynamic is playing out across the country, as legislators or governors in more than 10 states, including Illinois, New Jersey and Washington, have slammed the brakes on the tax breaks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Wearing tan jail uniforms, the brothers maintained they did not commit the alleged crimes as they slammed conditions in US custody.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

The admin emails to which Microsoft sent those notifications tend to get slammed with junk from spammers, leading software developers to recommend ignoring those inboxes altogether.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

A second later the door slammed open and in burst four of his friends—tall, deep-voiced young men in coats with twice-turned collars and threadbare cuffs.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Dramatic video Sunday showed powerful waves slamming into the seawall and the boardwalk, sending water and sand into the oceanfront neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Plus, American workers are slamming the brakes on switching jobs, and prediction markets are luring traders away from crypto.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Dramatic video footage from Long Beach shows massive waves slamming into the shoreline and splintering the wood on the boardwalk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

A group of university academics last week wrote to Prentice slamming Arday's appointment and asking her to appoint an independent body to probe what happened.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

I get up and stop myself from slamming it, and just shut it quietly.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée