hammer
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The Pacific forum culminates with a leaders' retreat on Thursday, during which officials are expecting to hammer out wording for a joint communique.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
"If you hit Silly Putty with a hammer, it can actually crack and break," said Stamps, associate professor in the Department of Geosciences, part of the Virginia Tech College of Science.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
A delegation of senior Pentagon and State Department officials, including OSC Director David Lorch, visited Venezuela in July to hammer out the deal’s terms, some of the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Even something as simple as using a hammer can cause his hand to swell.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
My heart pounded like a hammer against my ribs.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Recovery is well underway, with the sounds of hammers, saws and nail guns ringing through the air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
In the background, hammers and saws can be heard creating escape routes through the destruction.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The rhythmic clanging of hammers on bronze echoes through the Istanbul workshop where three craftsmen are landing blows with astonishing precision to transform featureless metal discs into highly prized handcrafted cymbals.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
“You think you’re going to go there and the hammers and the screwdrivers will still be hanging on the wall?” he asked her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Just human hands and love and hammers and nails and more love.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
Markey, though, hammered the issues where they did diverge—including the debate over transgender rights.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
The instability that hammered the South Korean equity market in July was unlike anything investors in that market had ever seen before.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026
On November 21, 1995, the Dayton Accords, hammered out under international pressure, bring an end to the war.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
They hammered Inter Milan 5-0 in Munich in 2025 and then beat Arsenal on penalties in Budapest this year.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
They knew we’d get thirsty, even though the rain hammered our shirts to our backs and chilled us right through the skin, and being thirsty ever again seemed out of the question.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Major rivers including the Rhine, the Danube and the Loire have been reduced to fractions of their normal flows, leaving behind cracked earth and dead fish, while hammering economies.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Oil prices had plunged earlier in the week due to reports that Iran and Oman were hammering out an agreement to swiftly reopen the key energy transit channel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The thud of a hammering Hulksmash rattles our seats; later, a cocked rifle is so crisp we perk up like a dog hearing the mailman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
But Stevens more aptly fits the conventional understanding of electable, a point that her campaign is hammering home as its closing message.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
The side of the boat sprang a leak in the cold dawn, and as they came in sight of the island, Irian bent over it, her eyes narrowed, hammering in nails.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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