iron
Example Sentences
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Your challenge now is to iron out the IRA and house questions.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
Now frozen by British sanctions, the properties have fallen into disrepair, the overgrown lots a blight on an upscale street lined with manicured gardens and iron gates.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
It covers the early production of bronze – a copper and tin alloy – up to the first uses of iron.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
There are metals too, like iron and titanium, and also helium, which is used in everything from superconductors to medical equipment.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
Penelope was surprised to hear it, for Mrs. Clarke ran the household with the iron hand of, well, a Spartan general, and that meant she was nearly always on the premises.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.