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
I used to hammer away at wanting to see marriage equality.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2021
Their breath is almost exhausted with the labour of the strife; they hammer away at each other so lustily that every hyacinth and emerald set in their helmets is crushed and smashed.
From Four Arthurian Romances by William Wistar Comfort
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