lay hands on
Example Sentences
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In the artificial-intelligence world, pretty much everyone wants to lay hands on chips and other computing hardware made by the market leader, Nvidia.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
He said she did not lay hands on the security guard but was desperate to keep a hold of the bag and its contents.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
So I completely get why Larry David would lay hands on the world’s kindliest Muppet on live TV.
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2024
In March 2020, British researchers created a consortium to sequence as many viral genomes as they could lay hands on.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2022
He stopped, glared at me as though I was some stranger who had dared to lay hands on him.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
