clean hands

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And one of the fundamental rules of equity, as Sotomayor explains, is that you have to seek it with clean hands.

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2025

Officials say it can be used only to clean hands if it’s completely unheated.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2025

Use soap and warm water for 20 seconds or hand sanitiser to clean hands regularly.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2024

The rough hands of a slave, the clean hands of a prince, the wrinkled hands of an old man who has seen so much.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2023

Then he looked down at his clean hands and was momentarily surprised to see the cloth he was holding in them.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling