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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Already the auctioneer was positioned outside on the lawn, a table before him and a wooden gavel in his hand.
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Maitre Tajan will be bringing the gavel down on two attractive paintings from the Polo collection in this sale of Old Masters.
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So which party will voters see when the final gavel closes the convention tomorrow night?
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The big gavel of term limits has come down hard.
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The new jacket, with its swinging gavel and bold lettering, looks like a John Grisham thriller.
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The new Senate president banged down the gavel and called the chamber to order with a strong firm voice.
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Then he banged a gavel to pronounce them married and they all kissed, to wild applause from the gallery.
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Using the butt of a pistol as a gavel Rayne began the auction.