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Example Sentences

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Both parties are hoping to make gains in the polls, which cover the Scottish parliament and the Welsh Senedd as well as thousands of council seats in England and a handful of directly elected mayoralties.

From BBC

A handful of foreign films — particularly family-friendly animation and broadly apolitical spectacles — can still break through in a major way.

From MarketWatch

Only a handful of authentic keening songs were recorded from traditional singers, which Róis referenced on the record.

From BBC

Curator Fathiya Abdallah Ahmad is among a handful of people who knew the location of secret, sealed rooms where the museum's treasures were taken into hiding for more than a decade.

From Barron's

“It is common for a handful of these storms to provide the bulk of the snowpack each season, and we have seen an example of this just in this past month.”

From Los Angeles Times