full hand

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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, with its breaching and subsequent devastation, a full hand has been played by one of the sides.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2023

A risk-limiting audit does not generally require a full hand recount of all ballots cast.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2022

In Cochise County alone, which accounted for less than 2 percent of votes cast in Arizona in 2020, Mr. Lindeman estimated that a full hand count would require 12,000 person-hours of work.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2022

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