hammer
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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
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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
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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
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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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