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His repeated attempts to flex expensive restaurant bills and hardman tough talk land like a waterlogged handkerchief after he’s spent song after song cataloging all the specific ways we’ve all hurt his feelings.

From Salon ● May 21, 2026

He says he knows from experience the perilous nature of racing, with jockeys balanced over a saddle the size of a large handkerchief and horses bunched together running up to 40 miles an hour.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

Afterwards Nawat appeared at a press conference wearing a tuxedo and openly weeping as he theatrically dabbed his eyes with a handkerchief, claiming he had been "betrayed".

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025

The asymmetry of the cut, however, sounded a note of continuation: Ivanka wore a white Oscar de la Renta jacket with an asymmetric handkerchief hem for inauguration day in 2017.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025

In addition to his customary thick glasses, he wore a handkerchief tied ’round his nose and mouth, like a bandit.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Decades ago, the air was so polluted that her children wore handkerchiefs over their mouths when they went to school.

From Salon ● May 10, 2026

I ran through half a dozen handkerchiefs over the course of the proceedings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026

Henry VIII, who reigned from 1509 to 1547, went through wives like handkerchiefs, in the process breaking with Rome and sparking the English Reformation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

Once there, the players frantically waved white table handkerchiefs above their heads to a live rendition of Freed From Desire expertly played by the in-house saxophonist.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2025

I opened a smaller drawer and saw his stacks of handkerchiefs.

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour