jackhammer
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jackhammers
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The decibel meter on my cellphone showed an average level of 105, which is jackhammer level, capable of causing permanent hearing loss after 15 minutes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
If you’re a fan of Croatia, I think you might want to stop reading here and go do something less stressful, like operating a jackhammer, or wrestling a sock drawer full of cobras.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
In the end, Guadagnino takes a jackhammer to everything he’s spent the last two-plus hours so meticulously building, but not quite in the way one might expect.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2025
Let’s say you’re out on some rugged outcropping and you need to jump on your jackhammer for a few minutes.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2024
My heart’s punching my ribs now, rapid-fire like a jackhammer, and my muscles tense with the energy that will catapult me forward.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
The roar of bulldozers and jackhammers drilling into piles of debris is almost constant.
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025
The technician positioned me to slide through the metal arc of an MRI machine while the sound of jackhammers pounded.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024
Dump trucks rumble throughout the small city, including in front of the 160-year-old City Hall, where jackhammers and excavators claw at the pavement, following plans to green the adjacent plaza with trees and benches.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
The jackhammers are aminocyanine molecules, a class of fluorescent synthetic dyes used for medical imaging.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 19, 2023
With the jackhammers silent, 426 fed Frightful again and nervously sat down and brooded the eggs while she exercised.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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