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empty-handed

[emp-tee-han-did] / ˈɛmp tiˈhæn dɪd /




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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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