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CoinMarketCap data, which aggregates prices from a handful of crypto exchanges, showed $LAPTOP’s price soared out of the gate.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
When a scientific controversy or breakthrough dominates headlines, press officers and journalists often quote a handful of experts.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
A handful of U.S. states are likely to feel a big effect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
I was a sophomore in college who’d written a handful of things maybe worth reading, but Marsh treated me like a peer and a colleague.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Only a handful of people are huddled near the holographic pucks, discussing animatedly among themselves like my teachers debating about who the worst football team is.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Inevitably, I’ll finish my Red Vines before the movie has even started and then Alison will begrudgingly allow me to have a few handfuls of her popcorn, but she is not happy about it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 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
"We call it rotting out," says Fererro, now wearing a white laboratory coat as he adds handfuls of seagrass to the Calshot tank.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
While other children were reaching for fruit snacks, I was sneaking handfuls of Castelvetranos from the appetizer tray.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
Then they would roll these handfuls of cloud in their fingers until they turned into what looked like large white marbles.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
