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Despite Tuesday’s approaching elections, the episode largely limited its political satire to the cold open and a handful of “Weekend Update” jokes.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
The first is that indexes like the S&P 500 have become heavily weighted toward a handful of megacap companies, most of which have their fortunes tied up with the AI trade.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2026
Messrs. Blackwood and Conlon—and their handful of colleagues at Ralston—are on a mission to revive Western culture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
On that record they now qualify as lost species, known from a handful of preserved animals and never from a living one.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
The crowd is mostly Black, with a handful of white people.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The argument is that the variety packs of 120 mini Halloween candies run between $18 and $20 — but they don’t necessarily serve 100 kids, because trick-or-treaters tend to grab handfuls.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Dozens of Khan supporters gathered near the private hospital, while others flung handfuls of red flower petals at passing cars.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
A few handfuls of oats, pistachios or pecans, butter, maple syrup.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026
After a litany of stressful events, I couldn’t handle more handfuls of hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
They threw themselves on their backs and caught their breath, looking up at the mist-covered mountains gleaming white in the moonlight, and sucked on handfuls of snow to ease their thirst.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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