hammer

Example Sentences

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Airline stocks have taken a hammering this week–travelers’ wallets could be next.

From Barron's

Most recently, Trade Desk was swept up in a broad-based selloff that hammered stocks across the software sector.

From Barron's

Once more it hammered him, but his momentum carried the day and he broke the wire.

From Literature

Not many will give the visitors a hope against an Irish side who hammered England in a record away victory.

From BBC

The war has also hammered global markets and sent crude oil prices soaring by about a fifth in the week since fighting erupted, all but drying up shipping in the critical Strait of Hormuz.

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