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Recent Examples of gavel
The Laney era, and the ones that continued through Phelan's four years with the gavel, would change a troubled trend for the Texas speakership.
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John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 8 Dec. 2024
Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty At around 3 am on Sunday morning, in a drained plenary, the gavel slammed to bring COP29 to a close.
—Antonio Piemontese, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2024
Barker brought the gavel down for a hammer price of $5.2 million to wild applause.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 21 Nov. 2024
With the speaker's gavel in his hand starting in January, Hall will decide which bills can come to the floor for consideration and make legislative committee assignments.
—Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 7 Nov. 2024
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John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman, 8 Dec. 2024
Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty At around 3 am on Sunday morning, in a drained plenary, the gavel slammed to bring COP29 to a close.
—Antonio Piemontese, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2024
Barker brought the gavel down for a hammer price of $5.2 million to wild applause.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 21 Nov. 2024
With the speaker's gavel in his hand starting in January, Hall will decide which bills can come to the floor for consideration and make legislative committee assignments.
—Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 7 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gavel
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Think of trust as a foundation, and each lie is a hammer slowly chipping away at it.Sho Dewan, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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Sean Combs’ physical violence was allegedly directed at both his romantic partners and personal employees, with the music mogul accused of once attempting to beat down a woman’s door with a hammer.Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 25 Nov. 2024
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Walker showed me a video of the fingers surviving blows from a mallet.James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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Place a piece of plastic wrap on top and use a meat mallet to flatten.Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2024
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Many people are up in arms, acting like parent company JLR has smashed a kitten with a sledgehammer.James Morris, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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Two suspects used a sledgehammer to smash a glass display to steal three Chanel handbags that were said to be worth $10,000 each.Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 8 Oct. 2024
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The unhinged duo struck Valez with their fists and a cane before the male attacker brought Luna into the room, accused him of stealing a moped battery and beat him to death, Kenny said.Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024
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In mid-November, prune the rose to remove dead and diseased canes.Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
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Indy can pick up pretty much anything from broomsticks to batons to protect himself and can engage in a relatively complex version of POV fisticuffs that allows players to block, parry, and punch with either hand.Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
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After more than two minutes, Officer Laxman Acharya, also with the Fourth Division, arrived and attempted to use an expandable baton to gain leverage over one of Thompson's arms.Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Gavel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gavel. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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