hand
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But a hand injury blighted his chances of being named 2026 World's Strongest Man, and he was knocked out in the qualifying heats.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
One of his latest creations, an animatronic hand, clutches when he pulls a trigger that he built using a 3-D printer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
"We have clinical psychologists. We have a psychiatrist... There are also neurologists, so they work hand in hand with us," Syquia told AFP on a visit to the centre.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
In its inspection of a Taylor facility in Colorado that processed the onions, the FDA recorded issues like dirty equipment and rare hand washing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
A man wearing suspenders and a brown bowler stoops, shoving thick cloth into my hand.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
This series is also a reminder that long before the founding, it was the people who made constitutional and legal change with their own hands, through their own instruments of government.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
While one of the estates has now changed hands, Combs still owns the second of his two Star Island homes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
The TV variation of Max Cady is where the classic prestige drama Difficult Man shakes hands with a manosphere cultist’s pent-up aggression.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
Her hands, while confined within the mountain’s outline, are the only other discernible part of a human body.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
You wash your hands, bypassing the paper towel dispenser, shaking the water off.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
A year ago, Stetler handed her AI-generated curriculum material, and she had felt, in her words, lazy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Twelve minutes earlier he had looked set to take a penalty but instead handed the ball to Bukayo Saka who converted to seal his hat-trick.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
However, the American was dumped down to a tie for fifth at five under after being handed the penalty.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
In an opinion handed down Wednesday, the justice once again refused to import SCOTUS’s “results-driven approach to due process” into state law.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
Without comment she confiscated my sad bowl of bran crumbs and handed it to me.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
It was a perfect handing of the baton, current record scorer to future record scorer.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
In New York, libraries and train stations were handing them out for free.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
“San Marcos” sets the scene as the first track, before handing the listener off to “De Colores.”
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
He said he has given away several sets over the years, though he didn’t recall handing that particular pair to Orchid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
“Wanna help?” he asks, handing me the D piece.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
