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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Hold the stick and tap on that stick with the hammer.
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Ray Petelin, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
The post includes an image of the filmmaker appearing to wield the hammer that is associated with the franchise’s pink hedgehog Amy Rose, which follows The Hollywood Reporter exclusively revealing last month that Kristen Bell is set to voice the role.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 2 Mar. 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dropped the hammer on Anthropic Friday for denying the military ‘unobstructed’ access to its AI models.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 28 Feb. 2026
Norway has Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, the cross-country GOAT, putting down the hammer on the field.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026
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Ray Petelin, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026
The post includes an image of the filmmaker appearing to wield the hammer that is associated with the franchise’s pink hedgehog Amy Rose, which follows The Hollywood Reporter exclusively revealing last month that Kristen Bell is set to voice the role.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 2 Mar. 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dropped the hammer on Anthropic Friday for denying the military ‘unobstructed’ access to its AI models.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 28 Feb. 2026
Norway has Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, the cross-country GOAT, putting down the hammer on the field.
—Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026
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“The hammer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20hammer. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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