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Recent Examples of mallet
Using a large mallet, the magician hammers the automaton, played in the film by a real-life human actor, into smaller and smaller sizes.
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G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Feb. 2026
To achieve this, place the breasts, one at a time, in a resealable plastic bag or between two sheets of parchment, and gently pound them with a meat mallet, rolling pin, or potato masher until evenly flattened.
—John Becker, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Jan. 2026
Some are clapperless, which means they must be struck with a mallet or drumstick and produce a sharp, solid tone.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
Lopatin used fast, percussive strikes to keep the score melodic, incorporating mallet strikes to mirror the ping-pong balls.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 Dec. 2025
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G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Feb. 2026
To achieve this, place the breasts, one at a time, in a resealable plastic bag or between two sheets of parchment, and gently pound them with a meat mallet, rolling pin, or potato masher until evenly flattened.
—John Becker, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Jan. 2026
Some are clapperless, which means they must be struck with a mallet or drumstick and produce a sharp, solid tone.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2026
Lopatin used fast, percussive strikes to keep the score melodic, incorporating mallet strikes to mirror the ping-pong balls.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mallet
Noun
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As part of the project, the Corps would need to blast and hammer ocean bottom to deepen the channel by 10 feet and nearly double its length.—
Jenny Staletovich,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2026
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Peters, in particular, 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.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Authorities said Osorio-Valencia was carrying a backpack containing a Wi-Fi jammer, a sledgehammer, a screwdriver, a wallet, and jewelry.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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At Home Depot, he was captured on camera purchasing gloves, a shovel, a sledgehammer, clear acrylic sheets, a scoring tool for plastic sheets, CLR cleaner, two bags of concrete mix and a trowel.—
Annasofia Scheve,
San Antonio Express-News,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And this time, the pine beetle is showing up in ponderosa pine.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Perhaps the beetle is surprised by the soft, smooth cave of the woman’s palm.—
María Ospina,
The Dial,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Play only stops if the ball goes out of bounds, there is an infraction or the ball is buried in a ruck or a maul — when the player with the ball is stopped, but not tackled and is joined by at least one player from his own team.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Prop Ellis Genge was sin-binned for collapsing a maul — England's eighth yellow card in the tournament — and France was awarded a penalty try.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Since taking the gavel, Speaker Mike Johnson has argued that the War Powers Resolution as a whole is unconstitutional.—
John Parkinson,
ABC News,
20 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The minutes-long standstill forced several people into the street; many more, including my husband and his cane, engaged in a potentially perilous stutter-step around the two knee-high, randomly moving yet noncommunicative vehicles.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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As the Latin American and Caribbean flags waved across the giant sea of fans, with several people wearing the quintessentially Colombian black-and-white cane-fiber hats known as sombreros vueltiaos, a little girl sat atop her parent’s shoulders screaming with joy.—
Vanessa Diaz,
Rolling Stone,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Mallet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mallet. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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