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planish

verb

Definition of planish

as in to hammer

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These shifts are good news for Democratic candidates who are hammering an increasingly unpopular president — and by extension, his party.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Democrats hope to flip majorities in both the House and the Senate by hammering the GOP over affordability, gas prices and inflation.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of hammer

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Perched above the picturesque fishing village of Ammoudi Bay, Epitome is a chance for the Canaves Oia collection to forge a new path in the island’s luxury market.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
This investigation could shed light on the hypothetical collision between Earth and a Mars-sized planetary body called Theia, which is thought to have spilled matter around our planet that coalesced to forge the moon billions of years ago.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of forge

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What are some of your recent acquisitions, and what drew you to them?

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026
The gift market has grown because consumers are increasingly drawn to objects with meaning and lasting value, rather than things that feel disposable in an already very digital world.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of draw

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Young minds are getting molded right there in the stadium, and on that field.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
An omakase meal at Morihiro taught me that the rice is actually the most important part of any sushi experience, and no one molds it with it as much panache as chef Morihiro Onodera.

— Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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Hundreds of millions of dollars have been routed through political groups that do not disclose their donors, including pop-up super PACs that form and spend late in races, CBS News has reported.

— Gabe Kaminsky, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
The images formed a grim honor guard in the main hallway at Ben Gurion Airport, and were the last thing a foreign visitor would see before boarding a flight home.

— Charlene Gubash, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026

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Guadagnino has always been skilled in his choice of music (Sufjan Stevens’ alt-pop in Call Me by Your Name, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ pounding EDM in Challengers).

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Still The Hairy Ape is, in one sense, a long, furious solo — a man pounding his head against a piano while accompanied by the orchestra — and Beavers ably carries its weight through to the finale.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

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