blacksmith
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Before the war he worked as a blacksmith, they said, and neither he nor anyone else in the family has a political affiliation, whether to Hamas or any other militant groups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
He then asked a local blacksmith to turn his idea into a functional device.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
He said the blacksmith always held an "important place" in the local community.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Guests stroll into blacksmith shops and corn mills, dine on cinnamon bread and other local delicacies, and seek quiet time in an authentic Appalachian chapel.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Around the perimeter were rows of shops easily identified by the crests over their doors: a cleaver and a pig for the butcher, an anvil for the blacksmith, crossed wooden peels for the baker.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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Joe said there were more blacksmiths than people might expect, with about 1,800 members of the British Artistic Blacksmithing Association.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Metals get softer when they are heated, which is how blacksmiths can form iron into complex shapes by heating it red hot.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024
In Denny’s telling, dreams of wizards and blacksmiths, dark forests and dank castles shape the newest digital realms.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
The amateur blacksmiths were hard at work: heating metal rods, then hammering them into shape.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023
“Thank you, sir. Any blacksmiths ’tween here and the city?”
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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