anvil
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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
Every fourth or fifth joke has the air of having been hammered out on an anvil, and a few might have been better left in the smithery.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 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
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
‘Well, it did not skewer me, I am glad to say,’ said Frodo; ‘though I feel as if I had been caught between a hammer and an anvil.’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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