anvil
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The balls, which were delivered directly from the manufacturer to the officiating crew before each game, could be so stiff that kickers felt like they were driving their foot into an anvil.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
Les Capon, project manager with AOC Archaeology, said he believed part of the area could have been a blacksmith's workshop after discovering evidence of a forge and an anvil.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2025
“Being back in the studio helps give me a sense of normalcy,” Berkofsky said as he hammered the red-hot Damascus steel on an anvil.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2025
The model shows that changes in the area of anvil clouds have a much weaker impact on global warming than previously thought.
From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2024
He dropped like an anvil, his finger still pointing at the fish.
From "The River" by Gary Paulsen
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