handful
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Nehls only disclosed a handful of bank accounts, stock and a mutual fund — all worth less than $15,000, while listing liabilities in the form of revolving credit from three credit card companies.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 2026
Only a small handful of little-known candidates, who were unlikely to get much support, were allowed to stand.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
But only a handful of smaller foreign drone makers have managed to launch production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Cedars-Sinai told The Times in a statement it typically keeps enough vials on hand for the initial treatment of a handful of patients at any given time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
He helps me up, and I scoop up a handful of mud and press it against his chest, leaving a brown handprint on his soaked T-shirt.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
"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
This dread has been my constant companion ever since I lathered up, rinsed and watched handfuls of dirty blonde strands circle the drain three weeks ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
Most grabbed small handfuls of items, such as prepared foods to go and drinks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
On the menu today is spaghetti served with canned vegetables and tomato sauce and flavoured with generous handfuls of spices.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025
The Underdowns’ two sons, big crew-cut boys shifting around in grown men’s bodies, grabbed handfuls of cookies with their big hands and bolted from the table.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
