the hammer
noun
: an event in which people compete by throwing a hammer (a metal sphere attached to a flexible handle) for distance
He won a gold medal in the hammer.
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In February 2021, a Martian meteorite with the planet’s atmosphere entrapped in it went under the hammer at Christie’s auction house.
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Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 16 July 2025
Elsewhere, Mencken, ever the hammer, simply calls everybody a moron.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
Authorities also found Blount’s DNA on the hammer used to strike Rothschild and on his black cane.
—Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 10 July 2025
Potter, who is heading to compete at UConn in the fall, finished third in the New Balance Nationals Outdoor championships in both the discus (194 feet, 4 inches) and the hammer throw (227 feet, 9 inches, a state record).
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 2 July 2025
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Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 16 July 2025
Elsewhere, Mencken, ever the hammer, simply calls everybody a moron.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
Authorities also found Blount’s DNA on the hammer used to strike Rothschild and on his black cane.
—Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 10 July 2025
Potter, who is heading to compete at UConn in the fall, finished third in the New Balance Nationals Outdoor championships in both the discus (194 feet, 4 inches) and the hammer throw (227 feet, 9 inches, a state record).
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 2 July 2025
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“The hammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20hammer. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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