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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pounding (out)
hammering out
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Following Witkoff and Kushner’s visit to the Kremlin in early December, a flurry of high-level diplomacy involving Zelensky and European leaders ensued, with much talk about hammering out the finer points of a potential agreement.—
Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
31 Dec. 2025 -
Lawmakers have gone home for the holidays without hammering out a resolution to address the expiring ObamaCare subsidies as tensions flare amid health care negotiations.—
The Hill Staff,
The Hill,
22 Dec. 2025
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“Pounding (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pounding%20%28out%29. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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