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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

A similar warning was issued for parts of the Florida panhandle.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 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

The couple had recently moved from the remote ranching town of Stinnett in the Texas panhandle, and the recruiter seemed to appreciate their Southern drawl.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025

“This panhandle feels like a shortcut through an entire state,” she says to Grandpa Ed.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

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 Weather Service has declared “extremely critical” fire weather in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles and over large portions of western Kansas.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2021

Now she panhandles at the NoMa-Gallaudet University Metro station, right outside the homeless encampment.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2019

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

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

Getting panhandled by the bereft hero — the innocent Candide, with his cup out — she turns him away.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2015

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

Mike gathers himself, shushes the woman for waking him and then collects his belongings to begin a day of panhandling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

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

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2025

Since June 2024, almost 220 local measures have passed that restrict or ban acts like sleeping, sitting or panhandling in public in cities that include Phoenix; Gainesville, Florida, and Reno, Nevada.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2025

“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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