hand back
Example Sentences
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Britain indicated Saturday it would shelve plans to hand back the Chagos Islands -- which hosts a strategic US-UK military base -- after US President Donald Trump strongly criticised the deal.
From Barron's ● Apr. 11, 2026
He has recently had to hand back a third pub to the brewery because he could no longer afford to it.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026
Customers marched up to the Buffalo Exchange buy counter where an associate would assess them and hand back most of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
The suspended chief executive of Pride in London has been ordered by a court to hand back access to bank accounts for the company while under investigation for alleged financial misconduct.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
But then Rufus catches up to me and pats my shoulder and the burn is different, like when he grabbed my hand back at the Travel Arena.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
