handed out
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Since John D. Rockefeller handed out dimes, the world’s richest have given away their money in very different ways.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Many of the protesters in central Tirana wore gas masks or face masks, while volunteers handed out syringes of saline eyewash to reduce the pain from the tear gas which billows down the street.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
The first Emmy Awards were handed out in 1949.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The scheme does not apply to indeterminate sentences, which are handed out for the most serious offences like murder, and require a parole board to deem a prisoner safe to be released.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
A chaperone handed out the bagged lunches everyone had prepacked.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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