hand back
Example Sentences
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The latest round of talks in Rome ended without a breakthrough, as Israel resisted Lebanese requests to hand back more villages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
What’s more, cash these companies hand back can cushion the price declines, when it comes to measuring an investment’s total return.
From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026
Customers marched up to the Buffalo Exchange buy counter where an associate would assess them and hand back most of them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
One of Australia's largest banks has apologised to staff who found out they had been fired through an automated email asking them to hand back their laptops.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025
He grimaced and put his hand back on his lap.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
