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planishing

verb

present participle of planish

as in hammering

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There were many mornings when my team was waking him up hammering on the wall.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 28 June 2026
The Rays blasted four home runs in hammering the Royals 13-2.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026

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Contributor Steven Vargas reported on how surviving dance companies and artists are forging ahead in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic and diminished funding.

— Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
This partnership underscores a broader trend of private aviation firms forging alliances with major sports.

— Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of forging

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Imanaga recovered a bit after the leadoff home run, but the Cardinals lineup coaxed long at-bats and drove up his pitch count, chasing the left-hander from the game after 4 2/3 innings.

— Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
These businesses live or die by people answering phones, booking jobs, chasing payments and calming down upset customers.

— Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

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New Spots White, gray, red, blue, or green spots indicate that your food is molding.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 June 2026
These patterns suggested that the school experience itself—particularly the amount of sustained mental effort the school day requires—could be molding students’ cognitive endurance.

— Supreet Kaur, Scientific American, 10 June 2026

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America is better when Paul Skenes is embarrassing hitters with Livvy in the stands pounding Miller Lites.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
The heart-pounding encounter ended with the calf reunited with its mother, dramatic photos on a cellphone — and the couple continuing on to catch brook trout.

— Kate Brumback, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

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According to Powerball, the first drawing that players in the United Kingdom will participate in will be on Wednesday, July 22.

— Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 7 July 2026
This is the same category of drug already drawing interest in human longevity research for its possible effects on skin and joint aging.

— Allison Palmer July 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2026

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The sun hasn’t risen, and yet a championship atmosphere is already forming.

— Jack Leo, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
In fact, the ratio is typical of that found on the outer edge of planet-forming discs around young stars, implying 3I/ATLAS formed a long way out from its parent star, perhaps in the equivalent of its Kuiper belt.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 6 July 2026

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