anvil
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Nomura analysts warn more drastic measures may be on the anvil.
From Barron's ● May 17, 2026
To meet these challenges, the team built a diamond anvil cell system combined with laser heating and high-temperature imaging.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 26, 2025
So when he duly exclaims “I’ve got it all,” you can practically hear the anvil of ironic doom shifting into position above his head.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
Domestically, Modi has announced some help for struggling exporters and there are tax cuts on the anvil to mitigate the impact on exports.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025
In the middle of the square there was a heavy stone with an anvil on it, and a fine new sword was stuck through the anvil.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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Bynum uses allusions like anvils, following up that sour note by cueing the ballad “The Beast in Me” by Nick Lowe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025
Those standards require that helmet manufacturers evaluate their product’s safety performance by dropping a helmeted dummy head made of magnesium about 6.5 feet onto a variety of steel anvils.
From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2023
But a decade ago, researchers found, using diamond anvils at outer core conditions, that iron conducts heat at least twice as fast as previously thought.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 30, 2022
Use anvils, hammers and fire to make your very own bottle openers, knives, chopsticks/wasabi bowls or garden art.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2019
He had to lean in to be heard amid the constant hammering of the anvils.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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