mallet
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In the book Mr. King specifies that the instrument of destruction is a short roque mallet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Alternatively, use a meat mallet to flatten and add a pattern to the cookies.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2025
Meanwhile, Alison Ungaro, founder of the wellness non-profit UThrive Wellness, conducts the sound bath, gently circling the bowls with a mallet and intermittently hitting a small gong, while Ebsen guides her horses into the enclosure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2025
"It's so hard to do, number one. Number two, my back and my neck from swinging that hammer around, or mallet, I think it's called, if you're in the know, it's polo language."
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2024
He put the saw away and brought the mallet to her.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
SINGAPORE—The crowd gasped as the brokers swung the wooden mallets on the lid of the sake barrel, cracking it open in celebration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
At St. Anne School in Santa Monica, I watched Cummins harness the squirmy energy of second-graders wielding xylophone mallets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2026
Quite taken by Ayers's enthusiasm and delight at the performance, Hampton gifted the youngster a pair of vibe mallets.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2025
They had all the equipment at the ready: crowbars, shovels, and mallets.
From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2024
Then they pounded the hot metal with mallets, making the corrosion flake off the outside.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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