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[ham-er] / ˈhæm ər /


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Sue Ferns of the Prospect Tade Union which represents scientific and technical staff at the labs facing cuts described the move as a "hammer blow to UK science".

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

Lebanon and Israel were meeting in Washington on Tuesday to hammer out a path to ending the conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 24, 2026

Still, the hammer didn’t drop until the court quietly released a follow-up in June that constitutionalized Callais and proclaimed, without equivocation, that the Constitution is “color-blind.”

From Slate Jun. 22, 2026

Stock futures were falling on Sunday after tensions flared up between the U.S. and Iran even as the two sides met in Switzerland to hammer out a permanent peace deal.

From Barron's Jun. 21, 2026

Above us hammer blows and splintering wood showed where a squad of trained searchers was probing for the secret room.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

More recently, the stock has been building a base near its rising 50-week SMA, with higher lows reinforced by bullish hammers and a harami between May and July 2024, followed by a doji in October.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

Friday’s broadcast ended with a literal bang, with Colbert, Daniels and White taking hammers to the talk show set and setting it ablaze.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2026

The other reason was we were hammers and so we saw everything as a nail.

From Slate Mar. 30, 2026

Among the works is a giant dinosaur fossil made from hammers, knives and spanners, a snake made from an old bicycle chain and a bull's nostrils formed from a vintage gas mask.

From BBC Mar. 12, 2026

The old man took out a small canister of tiny screwdrivers, pliers, files, and brass hammers.

From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick

However, the company's shares tumbled around seven percent in early trade, dragging the Kospi index down five percent and deepening a rout that has hammered the market for the past two weeks.

From Barron's Jul. 7, 2026

Then Merrill hammered a fastball over the plate for a solo homer.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 4, 2026

Bitcoin’s retreat has hammered the company’s stock price, leaving Strategy with a dwindling number of options to raise more cash.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

In the next over, Stokes hammered back at Will O'Rourke with such force that O'Rourke had to leave the field for treatment on his right hand.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

The fair was so big, so beyond grasp, that the Columbian Guards found themselves hammered with questions.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Stokes, McCullum and director of cricket Rob Key were all backed following the hammering in Australia.

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

Wales encouraged AI companies to "pay their fair share", because "hammering us with millions of requests costs real money," in the cost of running servers.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

Workers are now patching up the roof to protect the building from rain, the sound of their hammering mixing with that of ringing bells from a tower nearby.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

But he said he recalled players from visiting teams hammering a long ball and passing him at first base, thinking “they had a home run, and then making a right turn back to the dugout.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

Torak clutched the cub close, and felt the small heart hammering.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver




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