hammer (away)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hammer (away)
Verb
  • Lugo was the starting pitcher in the WBC championship game and will return after not pitching in the 2023 competition.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2025
  • After pitching in five games as a rookie with the Kansas City Royals in 2020 and 2021, Blewett didn’t return to the majors until 2024 with the Twins.
    David O'Brien, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • It’s believed that there are now more than 100 baby trout swishing around their new digs in Arroyo Hondo Creek in Santa Barbara County.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The Nuggets plan for Leonard for a large chunk of the game was to place the smaller Jamal Murray on him, but have other defenders dig in on Leonard to help Murray out.
    Mikai Bruce, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • However, the worse the prison’s conditions become — as the workers are forced to slave away on secret Death Star parts with no promise of release — the more Kino is pushed to join Cassian and his brewing prisoner revolt.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Don’t like the idea of slaving away for hours in the kitchen this December?
    David Nikel, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • There is every chance Pepi may decide to knuckle down and keep pushing De Jong, as PSV chase a successful defense of their title and progress in the Champions League.
    Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
  • There is every chance Pepi may decide to knuckle down and keep pushing De Jong, as PSV chase a successful defense of their title and progress in the Champions League.
    Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Hammer (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hammer%20%28away%29. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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