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planishing

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present participle of planish

as in hammering

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The Bell campaign returns fire by regularly hammering Bush about a series of scandals, such as a 2024 Justice Department investigation for using campaign funds to pay her husband for security work after receiving death threats.

— Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
But by leaving out Clark, people start hammering their socials, thereby injecting Ion and the WNBA into people's feeds.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026

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According to her campaign website, Bryant’s platform calls for increasing literacy, supporting teachers and staff, advocating for parental rights, forging partnerships, fostering accountability and creating equal opportunities for all students.

— Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026
To me, what emerges from this swaying feels more natural than simply forging ahead with a predetermined, easily understood logic.

— Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of forging

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Glove flats are intended to fit your foot like, well, a glove, molding to its natural shape.

— Anna Traver, InStyle, 1 Aug. 2026
Ugg is getting ready for back-to-school season with a campaign celebrating the musicians, artists, students and creatives molding the next generation of culture — so who better to front the campaign than the band Muna.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 23 July 2026

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Keeber’s eldest son is still pounding the pavement looking for work as employers pull back entry-level hiring.

— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026
Video captured by a tourist on board a boat in northern Botswana showed the heart-pounding moment the vessel had to outrun a charging hippo.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of pounding

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That said, there’s an undeniable old-world charisma to the place that hits you like a rogue horse drawing a carriage barreling down the Rue du Rivoli.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026
The two-way star is inevitably drawing comparisons to the former Heisman winner.

— Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of drawing

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Interestingly, though, pentagonal arrangements of atoms can fill space in almost-but-never-quite-repeating patterns with fivefold symmetry, forming materials called quasicrystals.

— Natalie Wolchover, Quanta Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026
The tricky case occurs when the band touches only three points, forming a triangle with two interior points.

— Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2026

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