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But with ball in hand, Rennie's crop are reminiscent of the great All Blacks side of old.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Others in the no camp say the country would have to hand over more decision-making power to the bloc in exchange for limited influence and membership would weigh on Iceland’s budget.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The monthly BLS employment report, on the other hand, is assembled from much smaller polls of households and companies instead of actual tax records.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
The cool evening air nipped at my arms as he took my hand and told me, “You are a beautiful person. I just love hearing all your stories.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Caesar cradles his crippled hand against his chest.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Politics may be “a filthy business,” as Agrippa observes, but in the hands of Mr. Harris, it is a drama of endless interest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
While throwing, the chimpanzees pant hoot — a loud, long-distance communicative signal — and sometimes repeatedly hit their hands and feet on the tree in a behavior called buttress drumming.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
At the same time, a justified pushback has grown against the one-size-fits-all and sometimes paternalistic advice public health hands out, especially to pregnant women.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
And in the hands of these performers, less is very much more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
He shoves his hands deep inside his pockets and shrugs his shoulders.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Contractor B took my money and the job and handed it to the very contractor I had deliberately decided not to hire.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Outreach workers in green shirts handed him bottled water and hygiene kits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Mr. Scott, who has distinguished himself in such shows as “Severance” and, much earlier, “Parks and Recreation,” has been handed an awkwardly written part.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The back-to-back Champions League winners will welcome Barca to Parc des Princes, while they were also handed trips to Villa Park and Manchester in the draw for the league phase.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Dad handed off the rifle to Mr. Jimmy Leadill, a near neighbor of ours.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
She requested the US provide "irrefutable" evidence before handing over Rocha, who is very close to her mentor, former president Andrew Manuel Lopez Obrador.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Volunteers are handing out Russian tricolours to people on the square.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
By handing Zambada over to U.S. authorities while turning himself in, Guzmán López hoped to secure a deal that would allow him to avoid his father’s fate of serving life in a maximum-security prison.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Buybacks give long-term investors a larger stake in a smaller company instead of handing them cash they may not need and a dividend tax bill they definitely don’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
They actually thought about handing their winnings over to some certified, qualified, sanitized, honest-to-God professional investor to run the money for them.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
