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Recent Examples of gavel
The auction listing doesn’t list a price, but expect this car to fetch a sky-high gavel price.
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2025
She was relegated to the cheap seats because her vote was needed to keep Johnson wedded to the gavel.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 27 Mar. 2025
But without the Speaker’s gavel, Jeffries and his Democrats are also powerless to block GOP bills — if Republicans coalesce behind them.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 24 Feb. 2025
The decision comes after Johnson stripped Turner of the gavel, shocking lawmakers in both parties.
—Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Jan. 2025
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2025
She was relegated to the cheap seats because her vote was needed to keep Johnson wedded to the gavel.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 27 Mar. 2025
But without the Speaker’s gavel, Jeffries and his Democrats are also powerless to block GOP bills — if Republicans coalesce behind them.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 24 Feb. 2025
The decision comes after Johnson stripped Turner of the gavel, shocking lawmakers in both parties.
—Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gavel
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During the exercises, a half-naked soldier was seen smashing a stone placed on a fellow soldier's back with a hammer.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
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Police said that John had been poisoned with prescription medication and Lois had been struck with a hammer and fatally stabbed in June 2019.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
15 May 2025
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Spectators crowded the sidelines, cheering intensely for their team with each thwack of the croquet mallet.—
Tyrone Turner,
NPR,
12 Apr. 2025
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Use It To Help Flatten Chicken Breasts Before pounding any meat to create cutlets, use wax paper in between it and your mallet to help avoid any unwanted stickiness and keep it in place.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
6 Apr. 2025
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Opponents of the bill argue that in their quest for affordability, supporters have either picked the wrong villain — or, at the very least, approached the problem with a sledgehammer when what’s needed is a scalpel.—
Ben Christopher,
Mercury News,
16 May 2025
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In a matter of weeks, the Administration effectively took a sledgehammer to the agency, crippling its life-saving work, leaving thousands of Americans unemployed, and millions around the world who depend on American generosity struggling for survival.—
Jennifer Lotito,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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Arkansas Game and Fish Commission educators will provide cane poles, rods and reels, bait and tackle and offer fishing tips.—
Flip Putthoff,
Arkansas Online,
20 May 2025
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Meanwhile sugar cane extract gently exfoliates while antioxidants to signs of aging, for overall more vibrant skin tone and improve elasticity.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
19 May 2025
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Five officers, who are also Black, caught up with him and punched, kicked and hit him with a police baton while trying to handcuff him.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
8 May 2025
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Mills acknowledged that the officers were afraid and exhausted, but said some of the methods used on Nichols complied with police department policies, including using wrist locks and hitting with a baton.—
Adrian Sainz,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2025
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“Gavel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gavel. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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