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His repeated attempts to flex expensive restaurant bills and hardman tough talk land like a waterlogged handkerchief after he’s spent song after song cataloging all the specific ways we’ve all hurt his feelings.

From Salon ● May 21, 2026

And when the stormy morning after arrives, each peal of thunder sends Julia into a paroxysm of nerves that flings her around like a handkerchief caught in a stiff breeze.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

There was a tap on the roof and many soaked shirts and handkerchief in water and pressed them to their mouths.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

Afterwards Nawat appeared at a press conference wearing a tuxedo and openly weeping as he theatrically dabbed his eyes with a handkerchief, claiming he had been "betrayed".

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025

Holding the wet handkerchief, I set off, grateful to know I still have a friend in the land where I was born.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

The insider further revealed that the lovers spent 20 minutes exchanging their handwritten vows, and that they handed out custom handkerchiefs, embroidered with a “TT” and lyrics from Swift’s 2014 song “Blank Space.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026

They covered their faces with wet handkerchiefs as they had no proper masks on hand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026

With Trump’s planned attendance Saturday night at the Washington Hilton, some reporters have said they’ll wear pocket handkerchiefs or lapel pins prominently displaying the words of the First Amendment.

From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026

I ran through half a dozen handkerchiefs over the course of the proceedings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026

They were a club of some sort, and all wore workmen's blue smocks, and red handkerchiefs around their necks, and carried a great banner on two poles.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway