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Through a mix of orders, shaming, and a whole lot of banging of the gavel, the octogenarian managed to avoid a nightmare scenario of one of his colleagues pummeling a witness.
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Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
The final gavel will come down for the highest bidders on March 27.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2026
Thomson has the title and the gavel, but time will tell who’s driving the agenda — the mayor or Pearlman, founder of the development opposition group Save Boca, who ran with Grau and Sipple as a slate.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
Banksy’s most recent headline-grabber popped up in September last year, depicting a judge attacking an unarmed protester with his gavel.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
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Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
The final gavel will come down for the highest bidders on March 27.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2026
Thomson has the title and the gavel, but time will tell who’s driving the agenda — the mayor or Pearlman, founder of the development opposition group Save Boca, who ran with Grau and Sipple as a slate.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
Banksy’s most recent headline-grabber popped up in September last year, depicting a judge attacking an unarmed protester with his gavel.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gavel
Noun
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Alas, Shao Khan smashes Cole’s head with a hammer, Gallagher style, and shoves his body into a vat of acid.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
12 May 2026
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The victim said that a man, identified in documents as 43-year-old Lance Tolbert, had emerged from one of the stalls and began attacking him with a hammer.—
WCCO Staff,
CBS News,
10 May 2026
Noun
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Does someone’s head get crushed with a mallet?—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
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Using the flat side of a meat mallet or a rolling pin, pound pork to a ¼- to ½-inch thickness.—
Wini Moranville,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Or a really mad hiker with a sledgehammer.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
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Last month, two Israeli soldiers were removed from combat duty after a photo circulated online showing one of the soldiers taking what appeared to be an axe or sledgehammer to the face of a statue of Jesus Christ in the area of the Christian village of Debel, in southern Lebanon.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
1 May 2026
Noun
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The Rio Grande was twenty feet away, shining between stalks of river cane.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Renovated in 2023, the traditional Goan style continues in guest rooms with parquet floors, cane weave chairs, antique-style wardrobes with mirrors and headboards, and furnished balconies or terraces.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 May 2026
Noun
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Harper and Fox each scored 24 points and Stephon Castle added 20 as the Spurs guards unflinchingly took the baton from their 7-foot-4 superstar and turned the rest of the night into a midrange clinic with an array of pull-up jumpers in and around the paint.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 May 2026
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With the top line of Sebastian Aho, Andrei Svechnikov and Seth Jarvis still in the starting blocks, as far as production goes, the second line has grabbed the baton and finished two legs of the race.—
Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
10 May 2026
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“Gavel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gavel. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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