slam
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Ken Rosewall remains the oldest men's singles slam champion in the Open era, winning the 1972 Australian Open two months after turning 37.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
During heavy winter swells, waves 20 to 30 feet high can slam against the cliffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
A month later, he hit a grand slam that traveled 473 feet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
They would slam an already depressed housing market suffering from record prices and nearly 7% mortgage rates.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
She wrenched her hand away from him and shoved her chair out of the way, stomping away from the table and out the door with a slam.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Nearby a large excavator slams its shovel into another building's remains.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
The Court’s decision slams the door to such judicial misadventures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
With medical personnel who helped his family in October on hand, Alex Vesia slams the door on the Mets to preserve the Dodgers’ one-run victory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
Another idea suggests the brightness spikes occur when the blast wave from the explosion slams into dense shells of gas surrounding the star.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026
She gets up and slams her chair into the table and goes back upstairs.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
A 37-year-old Oxnard man was driving the vehicle at a high rate of speed when he turned to the right, ran off the roadway, slammed off a rock and careened down a cliff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
He batted against Hall-of-Famers, frequently slammed face-first into outfield fences and experienced the pressure cooker of the postseason.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The admin emails to which Microsoft sent those notifications tend to get slammed with junk from spammers, leading software developers to recommend ignoring those inboxes altogether.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
Alessandro Barreto, coordinator of the Justice Ministry's Ciberlab intelligence unit, slammed a "terrible failure in moderation" by Discord.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Their shiny bodies slashed through the waves, creating a great circle of sea-foam that tightened around the station until the fish slammed against the base.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
A group of university academics last week wrote to Prentice slamming Arday's appointment and asking her to appoint an independent body to probe what happened.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
After slamming into the Japanese islands and sweeping past Taiwan's northern tip, Bavi is expected to make landfall in eastern China over the weekend.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Johnson retired the first eight batters he faced and ended up getting the final 11 outs of the game with just two singles allowed, slamming the door shut for his first save of the season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
United says it has saved millions of connections for customers—and saved employees from slamming the door on them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
‘This,’ he said, waving it at us before slamming it down on the table beside him.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
