empty-handed
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He also left his own children $600,000, so they were not left empty-handed.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
In 2019, North Korea's Kim Jong Un made a 60-hour train journey home from Hanoi empty-handed after a summit with Trump collapsed.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
After a week searching for Luna, her owners returned to California empty-handed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
He added that Zelensky would not come away from his trip "empty-handed".
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
On the way to Carney’s, they met other kids coming back empty-handed.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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