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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.
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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
The guitar was one of a number of high-profile items that went under the gavel on Thursday as part of a sale of items from late Indianapolis Colts owner and pop culture memorabilia super-collector Jim Irsay, who died last year.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2026
Speaker Mike Johnson can afford to lose just one vote to keep hold of his gavel.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 10 Mar. 2026
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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
The guitar was one of a number of high-profile items that went under the gavel on Thursday as part of a sale of items from late Indianapolis Colts owner and pop culture memorabilia super-collector Jim Irsay, who died last year.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2026
Speaker Mike Johnson can afford to lose just one vote to keep hold of his gavel.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 10 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gavel
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Clavicular, 20, is known for such extreme tactics as hitting himself in the face with a hammer so his bones grow back sharper and taking small amounts of methamphetamine to suppress his appetite.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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Every stentorian chord became a hammer blow, flourishes intensified into fusillades, a tense pause into an apocalypse.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
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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
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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
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The response by Israel to the incident of the idiot IDF soldier in Lebanon who whacked the statue of Jesus Christ with a sledgehammer reflects well upon Israel, which immediately apologized, provided a new statue and jailed the soldier for 30 days.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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Brown suffered cuts and a black eye in addition to leg injures that resulted in permanent scarring and requires him to walk with a cane, his lawyers say.—
Sheetal Banchariya,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Dancer Jessica Rabanzo-Flores, dressed in a brown suit jacket and representing McCullers, approached the stage with a cane before joining company dancers who performed the gravity-defying balancing acts that reflect Malashock’s choreographic style.—
Marcia Luttrell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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The Marsies who resist arrest are doing so without batons, skull-protecting helmets, and guns containing, technically, nonlethal rounds.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
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The complaint stated that officers unleashed a torrent of pepper spray, tear gas grenades, rubber bullets and baton strikes, despite the women posing no threat and complying with officers’ orders.—
William Melhado,
Sacbee.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Gavel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gavel. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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