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After the June changes, the agency managed to hand out more than $8 billion in final awards by mid-August.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Taking to the stage to hand out the prize for best reality show, Danny quipped: "Two Danny Dyers at the Baftas. Do you know how people tell us apart? My chins."

From BBC • May 10, 2026

“It’s about me reaching my hand out for six years and getting shot down.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Pyle admired the clear-eyed message of Mauldin’s cartoons, such as one depicting Willie—slumped, exhausted, a cigarette dangling from his lips—as he stands before an Army medic assigned to hand out medals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Zed stuck his hand out and I forced myself to shake his grubby paw.

From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen




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