handshake

Example Sentences

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Joshua removed his sunglasses midway through before it ended with a friendly handshake.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

It was on the South Lawn, too, where Bill Clinton hosting the 1993 Oslo Accord handshake between Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Xi walked out by himself to greet Trump with a handshake, not the “big, fat hug” the U.S. president earlier said he was expecting.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Nothing would please him more than turning the handshake into a collaboration down the line.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

“Okay. I’ve worked with a few teens who’ve needed help and couldn’t go to their parents, so I get it. But like I said, this’ll all have to be a handshake deal, okay?”

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy