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Recent Examples of gavel
Kapenga had been hitting the gavel and directing Carpenter to make his questions relevant to the bill.
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Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Continue reading … GAVELED OUT – Democrat lunges at chairman's gavel as immigration hearing descends into chaos.
—FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
But Board Vice President Hiram Jackson slammed his gavel and called for a recess.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The two men shouted over each other repeatedly as Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, repeatedly banged his gavel, trying to bring the hearing back to order.
—Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
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Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Continue reading … GAVELED OUT – Democrat lunges at chairman's gavel as immigration hearing descends into chaos.
—FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
But Board Vice President Hiram Jackson slammed his gavel and called for a recess.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The two men shouted over each other repeatedly as Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, repeatedly banged his gavel, trying to bring the hearing back to order.
—Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gavel
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The man, David Wayne DePape, was sentenced to life in prison for the attack with a hammer that left Paul Pelosi bleeding and unconscious.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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Sourced from a military memorabilia trader in Dallas, Texas, the helmet was flattened in a press, rather than with a hammer, to preserve its original markings and imperfections.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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According to police, the 37-year-old woman and her daughters followed the alleged victim into a cafe on the 1100 block of Oak Street, across the street from the Oakland Museum of California, hit her with the mallet, ripped out her hair and took her phone.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
30 Oct. 2025
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Crush into fine crumbs with a rolling pin or meat mallet.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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Halfbacks no longer wear oversized shoulder pads that signal their utility as sledgehammers.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Three years later, thieves, armed with sledgehammers, stole it in an audacious five-minute heist from Blenheim Palace, Winston Churchill’s historic birthplace in the English countryside.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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To help your plants establish, make sure to get potted raspberries in the ground at least 4 to 6 weeks before frost is expected, or choose bare root canes, which are dormant and can be planted even later in the season, as long as the ground isn't frozen.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Nov. 2025
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While many families serve yeast rolls or buttery garlic bread alongside their main courses, the dinners eaten around the oak table of my childhood featured pillowy soft biscuits with a side of cane syrup.—
Ivy Odom,
Southern Living,
1 Nov. 2025
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That performance included baton twirlers and horses galloping through the crowd.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
8 Nov. 2025
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People have decided who is going to be the next person, and then just passing down the baton.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Gavel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gavel. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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