clean hands
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Drizzle the seasoned butter mixture over the crackers, using a pastry brush or clean hands to make sure each cracker gets a little attention.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
And one of the fundamental rules of equity, as Sotomayor explains, is that you have to seek it with clean hands.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2025
Officials say it can be used only to clean hands if it’s completely unheated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025
Speaking last week, Ms Boluarte insisted she entered government "with clean hands" and that she would "leave it with clean hands".
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2024
Dad was a perpetual optimist, confident that brains someday would triumph over inanimate steel; bolstered in the belief that he entered the fray with clean hands and a pure heart.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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