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Salon spoke to a handful of Gen Z-ers about why many of them aren’t interested in going to Burning Man.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
As a handful of people in attendance will repeat over the course of the afternoon, today is about not letting “the recipes” die.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
At a cafe in the small Nebraska town of Arapahoe, a handful of residents listen to Dan Osborn, a 51-year-old Navy veteran running as an independent for the US Senate.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
While a handful of moderate dissidents are tacitly tolerated as a matter of expedience, most other heretics have been driven from the tent.
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026
I shove yet another handful of cereal into my mouth and shake my head.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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
Other nights I raid the freezer for peas and carrots, handfuls of spinach or little nuggets of sweet potato in the middle of winter.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
Workers bend the branches down with a hook-shaped tool made of PVC pipe, helping people reach handfuls of cherries.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Most grabbed small handfuls of items, such as prepared foods to go and drinks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
Wab took handfuls of thick smoke and rubbed her face.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
