mallet

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Recent Examples of mallet 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 The 34-year-old Holiday dealt with multiple injuries during the regular season, including a mallet finger ailment that has forced him to play with a cast on his right pinky since early March. Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2025 Flames erupt as downstairs, Kate grabs the mallet and gives Joe a matching blow to the head. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025 The neuronal structures sit on a mesh of electrodes, which capture neural signals to send to the mallets. Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mallet
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mallet
Noun
  • Making the playoffs is going to be a steep uphill climb, and every multi-run collapse like Wednesday night’s hammers morale.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 20 June 2025
  • Police allegedly found the body of Méndez, 43, who was from Colombia, with injuries indicating she had been killed with a hammer, while her American husband, Jarrod Gelling, 46, had knife wounds consistent with suicide, according to reports.
    Latoya Gayle, People.com, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • The House took a sledgehammer to the green energy tax credits, including by stating that only renewable projects that begin construction within 60 days of the bill’s passage would remain eligible.
    Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 17 June 2025
  • Video footage of the incident shows an agent taking a sledgehammer to the couple's car window and dragging a man out of his car to be detained.
    Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • All types of these beetles emerge in late spring to midsummer and start looking for mates.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 27 May 2025
  • The real-life Cordyceps, however, only infects insects such as ants, beetles, butterflies, moths and spiders — the rest of the plot is science fiction.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • Minutes later, Hanover scored back-to-back tries with near identical mauls down the sideline.
    Marcello Rossetti, Boston Herald, 14 June 2025
  • John Franklin-Myers mauls RT Rosengarten and gets sack, knocking Baltimore out of FG position.
    Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The House historically flips to the party opposite of the White House in the midterm elections, and Democrats only need a net gain of three seats to take the gavel.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 14 June 2025
  • Several times throughout the meeting, as people cheered or clapped for comments, board chair Megan Larsen banged her gavel and asked the crowd to remain silent.
    Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • The interiors were inspired by its serene setting in the Serengeti and showcase African art, a neutral color palette, and natural textures, such as linen, clay, grass, and cane.
    Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2025
  • Black spot spores can overwinter on rose canes and leaves.
    Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2025

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“Mallet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mallet. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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