hand back
Example Sentences
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This is not to hand back the financial power that they were just given, but rather, it’s for protection and convenience.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
Britain indicated Saturday it would shelve plans to hand back the Chagos Islands -- which hosts a strategic US-UK military base -- after US President Donald Trump strongly criticised the deal.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
The club's ultras - long-time critics of the association with BlueCo - demanded he hand back the captain's armband.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026
Customers marched up to the Buffalo Exchange buy counter where an associate would assess them and hand back most of them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
But Nicasia stuck my hand back in and held it there.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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