shake hands
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It scorns those who won’t shake hands with an opponent postgame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
"They even shake hands with the settlers. It's like they're friends."
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
The short audience is known as "kissing hands" - although in practice, these days male premiers simply bow and shake hands with the monarch after accepting their offer to form a government.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Several other cities have followed: Chengdu deployed a mixed squad of quadruped and humanoid robots, Shenzhen is testing humanoids that shake hands with passersby, and a Wenzhou model literally rolls.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
We shake hands, and then he turns to Grandma and says, “I see she got your good looks.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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