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A handful of sellers gather in front of the burnt-out shell offering tomatoes, cheese and cured meets on makeshift tables.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Where Unnamed often makes unexpected turns, Transit has stuck close to its original mission: to translate a handful of books a year, often works of translation themselves, with a certain aesthetic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Tests show there are only a handful of differences in their DNA sequences, which indicate the infections are part of the same outbreak, with a common source.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
It is also surprisingly simple, relying on only a handful of adjustable parameters and a small number of assumptions within the framework of general relativity.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026
The crowd is mostly Black, with a handful of white people.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
"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
While other children were reaching for fruit snacks, I was sneaking handfuls of Castelvetranos from the appetizer tray.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 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 a litany of stressful events, I couldn’t handle more handfuls of hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
He’d lit a smudge and a candle so that his face was clear in the handful of light and obscured by the handfuls of smoke.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
