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panhandle

[pan-han-dl] / ˈpænˌhæn dl /


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Department of Homeland Security quietly bought an 825,000-square-foot warehouse in the state’s conservative western panhandle.

From Slate Apr. 27, 2026

Smith of Franklin County, Fla., in the state’s panhandle, initially criticized ICE officers for not communicating with local law enforcement but said he has since opened a dialogue with them.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 27, 2026

Bentley: The first thing that comes to mind is the writing trip we took up to the Idaho panhandle — where the story was set and where the book was written.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 5, 2026

In the age of artificial intelligence, it turns out that owning 5,700 acres of land in the Texas panhandle can outweigh having no revenue to speak of.

From Barron's Oct. 27, 2025

But as soon as they realized you weren’t trying to hustle them or panhandle money, they warmed right up.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

Another man said his friend, who regularly panhandles on a busy street, has been missing since the takeover began.

From Slate Sep. 1, 2025

The elevated-risk area stretches all the way from Arizona’s border with California and Nevada into the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, the service said late Wednesday.

From Seattle Times Apr. 27, 2022

For the fourth consecutive day, tornadoes strafed the middle of the country Thursday, this time concentrated in sparsely populated panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas.

From Fox News May 24, 2019

A tornado threat was stalking the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles, and the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.

From New York Times Apr. 21, 2019

First off, I has a run of old timers, that panhandles me out of all the loose coin I has in my clothes.

From Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe by Sewell Ford

“She’d panhandled on the street but she gave most of her money away.”

From The Guardian Mar. 8, 2020

To some, it’s where local homeless people panhandled harmlessly.

From Seattle Times Sep. 2, 2019

She rehabilitated a homeless man who panhandled outside the shop, and he became a model salesman.

From New York Times Apr. 17, 2018

He has panhandled in the same spot for almost 20 years and has a good rapport with the locals, who call him “the whale man.”

From Washington Post Aug. 4, 2017

The underground staff scoured the countryside for paper and other supplies and panhandled on the streets of Manila for money.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

“When neighborhoods are plagued by issues such as aggressive panhandling, unruly street vending, public urination, abandoned vehicles, it gives the impression of an unsafe community,” she said in January.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 19, 2025

While camping, aggressive panhandling, and other actions are currently illegal in D.C.,

From Slate Sep. 1, 2025

In addition, there are rule changes on "panhandling, discrimination, consuming outside alcohol and vaping."

From Salon Jan. 15, 2025

Police calls were up and so were resident complaints about panhandling.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 31, 2024

“Umm...right, so the house went into foreclosure in 2009. That’s a year before he was spotted panhandling in the city.”

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone




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