panhandle
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People on the coast of the Florida panhandle have been told to seek immediate shelter under an "Extreme Wind Warning".
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Department of Homeland Security quietly bought an 825,000-square-foot warehouse in the state’s conservative western panhandle.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2026
Smith of Franklin County, Fla., in the state’s panhandle, initially criticized ICE officers for not communicating with local law enforcement but said he has since opened a dialogue with them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
The couple had recently moved from the remote ranching town of Stinnett in the Texas panhandle, and the recruiter seemed to appreciate their Southern drawl.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
“This panhandle feels like a shortcut through an entire state,” she says to Grandpa Ed.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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Another man said his friend, who regularly panhandles on a busy street, has been missing since the takeover began.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2025
Weather forecasters were also watching the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles for the possibility of more severe thunderstorms.
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
She panhandles in Tijuana to make a few pesos, not enough to help her impoverished family back home.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2019
For the fourth consecutive day, tornadoes strafed the middle of the country Thursday, this time concentrated in sparsely populated panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas.
From Fox News ● May 24, 2019
Distribution.—Western and southern Colorado, southeastern Utah, northeastern Arizona and northern New Mexico, east to the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma and to southwestern Kansas.
From Geographic Variation in the Harvest Mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis, On the Central Great Plains And in Adjacent Regions by J. Knox Jones
“She’d panhandled on the street but she gave most of her money away.”
From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2020
To some, it’s where local homeless people panhandled harmlessly.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2019
She rehabilitated a homeless man who panhandled outside the shop, and he became a model salesman.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2018
He has panhandled in the same spot for almost 20 years and has a good rapport with the locals, who call him “the whale man.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2017
The underground staff scoured the countryside for paper and other supplies and panhandled on the streets of Manila for money.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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“When neighborhoods are plagued by issues such as aggressive panhandling, unruly street vending, public urination, abandoned vehicles, it gives the impression of an unsafe community,” she said in January.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
The opening scene, for instance, sees Mike panhandling on a busy street and completely being ignored by passersby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
While camping, aggressive panhandling, and other actions are currently illegal in D.C.,
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2025
In addition, there are rule changes on "panhandling, discrimination, consuming outside alcohol and vaping."
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2025
“Umm...right, so the house went into foreclosure in 2009. That’s a year before he was spotted panhandling in the city.”
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
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