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Recent Examples of mallet
Wasuwan probed her model’s back and shoulders with a long bamboo stick, then tapped a block with a mallet on her stomach, producing a look of agonized bliss.
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Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Security footage also captured him near a drainage ditch where police found a rubber mallet and cell phone.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2025
One assailant wielding some sort of club or mallet struck CNN’s vehicle, shattering the rear window as our team sped off.
—Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
Using a mallet or hammer (or a flat rock) is the best way to safely and effectively insert stakes.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 14 May 2025
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Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Security footage also captured him near a drainage ditch where police found a rubber mallet and cell phone.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2025
One assailant wielding some sort of club or mallet struck CNN’s vehicle, shattering the rear window as our team sped off.
—Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 14 July 2025
Using a mallet or hammer (or a flat rock) is the best way to safely and effectively insert stakes.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mallet
Noun
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But throughout the course of the film, Morgan takes a hammer to it all, trying to reinvent this space into something more her.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Oct. 2025
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The city doesn’t need a hammer, but a scalpel.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Three years later, thieves, armed with sledgehammers, stole it in an audacious five-minute heist from Blenheim Palace, Winston Churchill’s historic birthplace in the English countryside.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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Many a United fan and commentator expected Amorim to test his 6ft 5in sledgehammer of a striker against Slot’s back line from the off.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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One tactic foresters have tried is to release wasps that feed on the beetle, keeping the pest at bay while new trees have time to grow.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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The lady beetle is known primarily as a tree-dwelling species, but it can be found on almost any plant where aphids occur.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The half ended with the Free Jacks once again putting the Sabercats under pressure, trying to force their way over the tryline through a rolling maul, and twice failing to score.—
Vitas Carosella,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Minutes later, Hanover scored back-to-back tries with near identical mauls down the sideline.—
Marcello Rossetti,
Boston Herald,
14 June 2025
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The late, great Steve McQueen’s exquisite 1926 Excelsior Super X will go under the gavel at a bumper automotive auction this fall.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
22 Oct. 2025
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The gavel continued to crack, Lawson kept speaking but was quickly surrounded by police.—
Chris Yogerst,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Known as cane cutters, cane jakes, or more commonly swamp rabbits, this species is found in the low lying areas in Indiana’s southern hardwood forests where tall reed-like grasses grow that resemble bamboo or sugar cane.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
29 Oct. 2025
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Avoid long or sharp swords, sticks or canes to prevent injury if a child trips and falls.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Mallet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mallet. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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