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Like other scholars, I manage to scratch out a few new results about a handful of sources from one tradition or another.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Only a small handful of little-known candidates, who were unlikely to get much support, were allowed to stand.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
It came to prominence recently as "Tehran's tollbooth" -- a stopping-off point for the handful of vessels that Iran approved to exit or enter the Gulf during its initial blockade earlier in the war.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
I find it best to add the leaves in batches, letting each handful wilt before adding more into the pan.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
He shows me a long metal pole with a grabby claw-thing on the end, a strange little object that looks like a compass, and a handful of plastic bags.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
"We call it rotting out," says Fererro, now wearing a white laboratory coat as he adds handfuls of seagrass to the Calshot tank.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Workers bend the branches down with a hook-shaped tool made of PVC pipe, helping people reach handfuls of cherries.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
A few handfuls of oats, pistachios or pecans, butter, maple syrup.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026
Mourners on this occasion are invited to cast Lizzie’s stones into the ocean, and handfuls of her ashes go in, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
After every snowfall, we brought handfuls to him and watched him rub the flakes between his fingers.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
