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In fact, the vote for Johnson looks eerily similar to the one in favor of former Rep. Kevin McCarthy to be speaker in 2023, taken just months before he was kicked out of that office (events that led to Johnson originally winning the gavel).
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G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2025
Speaker Mike Johnson, who won his party’s nomination for the job in November and has been endorsed by Trump, still faces an uphill climb to win the gavel for a full two-year term.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
Assuming Gaetz keeps his word and Massie votes against Johnson, that would leave the speaker needing the votes of the remaining 217 other Republicans, plus Spartz, to win the gavel if Democrats as expected all show up and vote against him.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
The House will now run the roll call again and continue to do so until someone gets the 218 votes required to win the gavel.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2025
Speaker Mike Johnson, who won his party’s nomination for the job in November and has been endorsed by Trump, still faces an uphill climb to win the gavel for a full two-year term.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
Assuming Gaetz keeps his word and Massie votes against Johnson, that would leave the speaker needing the votes of the remaining 217 other Republicans, plus Spartz, to win the gavel if Democrats as expected all show up and vote against him.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
The House will now run the roll call again and continue to do so until someone gets the 218 votes required to win the gavel.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gavel
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The park’s seven-acre boulder field contains piles of large diabase (an igneous rock) stones formed some 175 million years ago that sound like bells when hit with a hammer.—
Emily Matchar,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Jan. 2025
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On June 20, 1965, Houston police found the dismembered bodies of Fred and Edwina Rogers, a local couple who investigators soon determined had been brutally murdered: Fred was beaten with a hammer, and Edwina was executed with a single gunshot to the head.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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According to a police report, the handle of the mallet broke during the attack, which led Tomasini to switch his weapon to a candlestick.—
Mackenzie Mays,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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Loading your audio article OAKLAND — A man charged joining another man to beat their victim to death with a mallet and a bicycle may not be mentally competent for trial, according to court records.—
Nate Gartrell,
The Mercury News,
11 Dec. 2024
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To the surprise of his wife and son, Chappelle’s Reggie starts taking a sledgehammer to the wall to retrieve $500,000 in cash and a counterfeit passport.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
19 Jan. 2025
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The decision took a sledgehammer to Smith’s federal election subversion indictment against Trump and laid out an uncertain path for his other criminal cases.—
Ella Lee,
The Hill,
27 Dec. 2024
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High fructose corn syrup usage in the US has declined over the last two decades while table sugar, made from cane or beet, has been on the rise.—
Mark Dent,
thehustle.co,
10 Jan. 2025
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Fourth, crossing canes can become intertwined and obstruct quality blooms and new canes.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Jan. 2025
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Cheryl Toussaint was on edge waiting for the baton in the early heats of the 4×400 meter relay at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.—
Tony Paige,
New York Daily News,
25 Jan. 2025
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And Capitol surveillance footage shows police trying to recover the baton from Clayton, whose right hand makes contact with one of the officers.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Gavel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gavel. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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