full hand

Example Sentences

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The officials found 4,373 valid signatures, shy of the roughly 4,600 needed to avoid a full hand count.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

Now it's time for Powell to reveal his full hand.

From Reuters • Dec. 15, 2021

Because of the close results, he said, a full hand recount would be needed to complete the audit.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2020

If they were to reveal their full hand, an army of fact-checkers and number-crunchers would go through every line ready to expose some damaging error or inconsistency.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2015

For a moment, I imagine a full hand of aces in that drawer, fanned out as a player would hold them in a game.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak