hammer away at
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Hibs began to hammer away at the Rangers defence and Jon McLaughlin superbly foiled a near-post header from Lewis Miller before Bushiri's shot bounced agonisingly wide off a team-mate.
From BBC • Aug. 20, 2022
Compounding all this is sea level rise, as waves hammer away at the crumbling coastline with every tide and storm.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2022
Defense attorneys, however, will hammer away at the credibility of undercover FBI agents and informants who fooled the group into thinking they were allies.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2022
Mr. Mattis acknowledged Tuesday the position White House national security strategists were putting Congress, as well as the Pentagon, as the administration continues to hammer away at a proposed strategy for Afghanistan.
From Washington Times • Jun. 13, 2017
"The newspapers," continued Mr Cummins, "might hammer away at Quiverful every day for the next six months without his minding them."
From The Warden by Trollope, Anthony
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