Example Sentences

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Job cuts are hammering the tech industry as companies ramp up investments in artificial intelligence.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Now, hailstorms, wildfires and wind damage are hammering places once thought to be shielded from the worst rate hikes, a Wall Street Journal analysis of premiums and natural disasters nationwide found.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

The existential risks from AI advancements that are hammering the sector have come to the fore weeks after the companies reporting this week, including Salesforce and Workday, closed the books on their fourth-quarter activity.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

But behind the scenes, members of the appropriations committees in both parties are hammering out complex deals among themselves.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2024

I can do nothing to protect the door," the archer said; "they have propped up that gate so as to cover the men who are hammering at it.

From At Agincourt by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)