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
One space had a section in the floor that was likely to have held an anvil as archaeologists found bits of broken metal around it.
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 study used data from a decades-long database of video footage depicting wild chimpanzees in the Bossou forest, Guinea, where chimps were recorded cracking hard-shelled nuts using a hammer and anvil stones.
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024
And so it was that the golden godson swore his oath on a blacksmith’s anvil instead of the angel’s emerald.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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