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talk out

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as in to hammer out

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Recent Examples of talk out At one point, police officers removed people who were talking out of turn. — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026 Don’t be shy to talk out loud with yourself if that would be more effective in breaking a pattern. — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 1 Mar. 2026 Not because employees can’t adapt to new technology, but because leaders talk out of both sides of their mouths. — Keith Ferrazzi, Fortune, 14 Feb. 2026 In France, where politicians have discussed a boycott, sports minister Marina Ferrari and Philippe Diallo, president of the country’s soccer federation, both dismissed such talk out of hand. — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for talk out

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Fox is the first NFL partner to publicly assert a lack of interest in hammering out an early revision of its existing media contract.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 Aug. 2026
In April, Williams hammered out a two-year extension that pushed off retirement talk and let the 49ers focus elsewhere in the draft instead of splurging on a replacement.

— Cam Inman, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

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Fighting games are a cross-cultural nexus that spark heated rivalries but ultimately forge lasting connections.

— Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026
Black Dragon Society members forged relationships with Muslim nationalists in Russia and in the Ottoman Empire in order to build a pro-Japanese network.

— Mimi Hanaoka, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2026

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