handed out
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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
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
Police have handed out hundreds of leaflets and used an advertising van displaying her photograph in Piccadilly Gardens as they continue efforts to find her.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Mundungus did not look particularly reassured, but Moody was already pulling half a dozen eggcup-sized glasses from inside his cloak, which he handed out, before pouring a little Polyjuice Potion into each one.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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