hammered

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American automobile brands have been hammered by Chinese electric-vehicle companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Arsenal were leading 1-0 deep into stoppage time through Leandro Trossard's 83rd-minute goal when West Ham substitute Callum Wilson hammered home a finish in a packed penalty box following a corner.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

The result was a selloff in both stocks and bonds that hammered investors.

From MarketWatch • May 9, 2026

The sector continues to be hammered by fears that AI tools will take market share of the enterprise software market.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

The remaining icicles were put into the pail, and with the mallet, Duane hammered them and crushed them into something like snow, but still with the icy crunch he preferred.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el