slam
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This was when Schmitt, believing he was on the verge of a slam dunk, accused Smith of perjury.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
He topped it off with a grand slam in the seventh to seal the Dodgers’ season-high eighth straight win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
When the National Trust for Historic Preservation filed a lawsuit last December to halt the project, the press corps pushed the litigation as a slam dunk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
That was how Carlos Alcaraz settled back into competitive action at the US Open, partnering the American great as she returned to her home slam after a four-year absence.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
When a polar bear climbed inside and took the bait, the trap door on the front would slam closed, and bing, bang, boom, you had yourself a polar bear.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Bow shocks are typically produced when material flowing away from a star slams into its surroundings.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026
Nearby a large excavator slams its shovel into another building's remains.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
In an actual courtroom, court reporters record nonverbal cues like gestures and transcribe through distracting courtroom noises like coughs or door slams.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
On stage, Cameron Winter leads an overall enthralling performance, as the group slams out songs back-to-back with little to say in between; no shenanigans, just a top-notch show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
But she slams her gavel, and the sheriff comes to take the old man away.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
She slammed property prices across the country as "completely insane".
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
That would be the highest proportion since the second quarter of 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic slammed into the global economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Some researchers think Phobos is an asteroid that was captured by Mars, while others argue that it formed from debris thrown into orbit after a massive object slammed into the planet.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
He claimed that Paltrow skied out of control and slammed into him, causing four broken ribs and permanent brain damage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Nighthand slammed down coins onto the table and they ran, in a flurry of griffin feathers and spilled wine, out of the back door into the street.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Dramatic video footage from Long Beach shows massive waves slamming into the shoreline and splintering the wood on the boardwalk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
The injury will have been caused by her chest slamming into the water.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 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
China Eastern flight MU5375 was travelling from Kunming to Guangzhou on March 21, 2022, when the jet inexplicably fell from an altitude of 29,000 feet, slamming into a mountain.
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
They run into the living room, they run through the front door, slamming it shut, they rush out onto the wide open porch.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
