hammer
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Europe will use the gathering to hammer home its pro-AI agenda.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
The three items were sold to a British private collector at Dominic Winter Auctioneers in the Cotswolds on Wednesday, fetching a hammer price of £5,000 - double the estimate.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
He was a hammer meeting a nail, traveling to the run down parts of towns all over America to shore things up — to entertain rather than win over audiences.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
The initial phase of contract talks still would have union and county representatives seeking to hammer out a mutually beneficial deal, with a presumption that both sides would negotiate in good faith.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
It’s a small rectangle of metal, and I have to hit it over and over again with a riveting hammer until it is completely covered with little round divots.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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In the background, hammers and saws can be heard creating escape routes through the destruction.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
But now we’ve had three visits in five years, and in my head, this hammers home the point that baseball players have nothing to gain from a visit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 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
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
The tools looked clean and well-oiled, saws, hammers, pliers, axes, mallets, planes, drills, screwdrivers, a level.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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The coast could be particularly hammered if the exceptionally high king tides coincide with strong winter storms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
The details would be hammered out back in Washington, the people said.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
Even though “housing demand is being hammered, housing supply is also weak,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
While BBC Sport understands final details are still being hammered out between Netflix, Saudi Arabian organisers Sela and both fighters' camps, Cardiff has firmly emerged as the frontrunner, with an official announcement expected this week.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
She eyed him suspiciously, and Boaz’s heart hammered in his chest.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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Data-center provider CoreWeave’s share and bond selloff brought credit risks into focus, hammering stocks across the AI supply chain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
After a tough start, last week's win over the Buffalo Bills was a huge confidence boost for the New England Patriots, as they showed with a 45-17 hammering of the Las Vegas Raiders.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
The Daily Express also quotes Badenoch, who is urging the government to end the "hammering" of Britain's shops and pubs.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
Hobson added that her focus has been on hammering home the museum’s populist themes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
John Henry chuckled as he returned to his hammering.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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