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Of course, a country twang and queer acceptance can go hand in hand, and often do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
What matters most is what happens after you hand the property back — in the event that you do — including whether your mother survives the transfer for more than one year.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Tom Parker, insisted that Parton hand over a cut of the publishing royalties, she refused.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
After moving heavy boxes of metal tools and parts by hand between cargo pallets, he strolls over, steps into the box, sits down and smiles, running his fingers through his hair like in the shower.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
I grip Caesar’s good hand, leaping from wagon to horse.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
If they can get their hands on one, that is.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Figures in Cowin’s work are often blindfolded or covering their eyes with their hands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Trump's Education Secretary Linda McMahon concurred, saying Dolly Parton "placed millions of books into the hands of young children and helped spark a lifelong love of reading."
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
The hands part is actually very challenging, and the analysts said that Hyundai may end up using those created by a third party.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Eighteen million dollars’ worth of valuable oil are dumped into the Pasig River to keep it out of Japanese hands, but things quickly spin out of control and the oil catches on fire.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
The treks flourished throughout the Middle Ages, faded, then rebounded from a niche spiritual journey to a global escape hatch; in 2025, the pilgrim office handed out 530,000 certificates of completion, or compostelas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Officials contend the discrepancy between the computer count and the paper tally is “a good deed that went punished” — the result of exhausted officials being handed an extra-credit project they couldn’t quite execute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
An initial group of prisoners was handed over to the M23 by the Congolese government earlier this month.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
The Italian has been handed vast funds for a host of new players to ensure Spurs do not suffer a repeat of the nightmare campaign.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
I asked, tying the red bandanna Elliot had handed me into a knot so it covered the lower half of my face.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
By handing Zambada over to U.S. authorities while turning himself in, Guzmán López hoped to secure a deal that would allow him to avoid his father’s fate of serving life in a maximum-security prison.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
The team that hadn’t won a domestic championship in 15 years was handing the keys to a leader with precisely zero seasons of head coaching experience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
After the elections, Min Aung Hlaing -- who led the coup as armed forces chief -- took over as civilian president, handing the office of military leader to staunch loyalist Ye Win Oo.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
People with dementia and Alzheimer’s diagnoses and their caregivers also must weigh other big milestones such as stopping driving, quitting a job or handing over management of household finances, Tan said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Without questioning Theo’s authority or checking in again with me, the porter dispenses two tickets, handing Theo the printed billets and moving on to the next passengers.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
