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Avoiding dramatic and attention-grabbing high-risk bids, he worked on what he called the creep system, inching toward his goals by winning one boring low-bid hand after another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
His friend Scarlett was the one who enthusiastically pushed Nasa’s hand up when Hurwitz, panicking, asked if anyone in the audience was an “amazing sight reader.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Besides controlled burning of bushland, that work can also involve clearing undergrowth with machines or even by hand.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Alonso has been careful not to overplay his hand when speaking to the media, but he always gives the impression he is heavily involved.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
I sit in the chair, take Grace in hand, and play.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
"There's so many stories and so many people we met along the way who put their hands into their pockets to throw some cash in, which is fantastic," Montgomery was quoted as saying.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
A young woman in front of me watched his hands, perfectly aligned with Gosling’s, with her jaw dropped.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Suu Kyi is seen shaking hands with a man who appears to be de Baecque in a photo released by the president's office.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
“You’re able to know exactly how it was grown, how it was packaged, what hands were touching it, what machinery was touching it, and how it got to the market.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
My shaking hands can barely hold the phone.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
McCourt later handed off the project to an environmental group, but the idea is still to deliver fans to Dodger Stadium, where he has financial interests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Long before the Supreme Court handed down the landmark Obergefell ruling on equal marriage in 2015, activists were canvassing door to door, courting any lawmaker who would listen, and losing at the local level—a lot.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026
Hamas weapons would be handed over to the Board of Peace, he added.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
That rally handed the cloud provider and retailer its largest market-cap gain ever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
At last we were summoned to an inner office where our forms were examined, stamped, and handed over to a guard.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
This summer’s food-safety scare is handing local farmers markets a massive customer surge, the Journal’s Amira McKee and Maya Davis write.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
He was signing autographs and handing out football cards showing him, as Flash Gordon, wearing legendary quarterback Johnny Unitas’ old number 19.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
Lee, who arrived in the United States as a refugee from Laos in 1980 and worked for years as a preschool teacher, said she loves watching her crops grow and handing them over to customers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
After handing a framed certificate to two adult representatives from the school, Camilla said that the Queen Bee was "absolutely charming", adding: "A lot of hard work went into that."
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Molly climbed the stairs and slid inside, handing her ticket to a girl at the door, and was promptly handed a black mask that she tried to refuse.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
