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
A year's worth of government grants, more than £250m, was handed out in under six hours in an online scramble "reminiscent of Glastonbury ticket sales", as Wiltshire farmer Tom Collins put it.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The NFL Referees Assn. says the suspensions handed out by the league to two game officials this week went too far and that it will attempt to get them reduced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Next door, Daniel Lancaster has turned the pay-what-you-can coffee he handed out to volunteers after the hurricane into a full-fledged coffee shop, Short Sleeves Coffee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
After all the department awards have been handed out, they go to the GPA awards.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
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