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Recent Examples of gavel
This prompted an intervention from the speaker, who banged his gavel multiple times.
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Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The mural depicted a judge in a traditional white wig and black robe striking a protester with his gavel as the protester’s sign is marked with Banksy’s signature blood spatters.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
This time around, the artist, long known for his political activism, chose to depict a traditional judge, done up in a white wig and a black robe, hitting a protestor with a gavel.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025
The controversial black-and-white mural shows a judge in traditional clothing beating a protester with a gavel— the red blood splatter was the only color in the piece.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
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Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
The mural depicted a judge in a traditional white wig and black robe striking a protester with his gavel as the protester’s sign is marked with Banksy’s signature blood spatters.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
This time around, the artist, long known for his political activism, chose to depict a traditional judge, done up in a white wig and a black robe, hitting a protestor with a gavel.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025
The controversial black-and-white mural shows a judge in traditional clothing beating a protester with a gavel— the red blood splatter was the only color in the piece.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gavel
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The mother struck Dorn on the back of the head with a hammer, but Dorn responded by repeatedly stabbing her, causing multiple wounds to her face, arms and legs, according to court documents.—
Wren Smetana,
AZCentral.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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In 2022, an attacker looking for Nancy Pelosi, the former Speaker of the House, assaulted her husband with a hammer.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
20 Sep. 2025
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That final phase of gravitational wave emission is known as the ringdown phase because of its similarity to what happens to a bell when it’s struck with a mallet, clapper, or a jacquemart.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
17 Sep. 2025
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They’re placed on or next to the body and struck with a mallet to release a calming vibration and mellifluous tone that eases muscles, sparking an immediately soothing effect on the nervous system and improving synaptic responses in the brain.—
Terry Elward,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Yes, Tech is the Waffle House version of Iowa, a Southern sledgehammer.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
30 Aug. 2025
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This ruling takes a sledgehammer to an already overstretched health care network, and Mainers statewide will feel the effects of defunding Maine Family Planning, regardless of their insurance status.—
Sonam Sheth
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Aug. 2025
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Gretna, Louisiana, offers family-friendly fun like pumpkin patches, hay rides, and corn and sugar cane festivals this time of year.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Sep. 2025
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An older man walked by slowly, using a cane.—
Janie Har,
Fortune,
16 Sep. 2025
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Under the baton of Conductor Laureate Christopher Warren-Green, the Charlotte Symphony will be joined by Sphinx Virtuosi, the chamber orchestra of the Sphinx Organization, a national non-profit organization based in Detroit.—
Liz Rothaus Bertrand,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Sep. 2025
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Reuters reported that police used water cannons, batons, rubber bullets and tear gas against protesters.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Gavel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gavel. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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