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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

A gong and hammer function as a doorbell.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

The announcement, which came last month during NATO’s summit in Turkey, is a sign that Lockheed Martin and Rheinmetall have been able to hammer out their differences after months of discussions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Persistent rain turned torrential and the first two throws of the women's hammer throw slipped from athletes' grip and clattered into the cage as thunder cracked above the arena.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

“You need a hammer to pound the stakes. A hatchet, if you need more stakes. Or wood to build a fire.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

But now we’ve had three visits in five years, and in my head, this hammers home the point that baseball players have nothing to gain from a visit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

At the lows during April and May 2024, the stock displayed consecutive bullish hammers along with clusters of dojis and spinning tops, in March-April 2025.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

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

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026

Rusty hammers and screwdrivers of various sizes haphazardly decorated a wall.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

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

They hammered Inter Milan 5-0 in Munich in 2025 and then beat Arsenal on penalties in Budapest this year.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 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

We drew up the plans on the kitchen table, then hammered the frames together and laid the keel last night.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

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

April’s reading was the lowest since May 2020, a time when pandemic lockdowns were hammering German businesses and consumers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

Stokes, McCullum and director of cricket Rob Key were all backed following the hammering in Australia.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

The wind rushed into him, hammering at his chest and face.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz