hand down

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Although he clinched the gold medal in the team competition with a clutch free program, he also put two hands down on a jump.

From Los Angeles Times

"All too often, the sentences handed down against the perpetrators of antisemitic offences and crimes seem derisory," he said.

From Barron's

The judiciary's Mizan news agency confirmed that Mohammadi was under arrest but added that "no final and enforceable sentence has been handed down to him".

From Barron's

At the end of Wednesday's proceedings, the court's president said it will hand down the ruling on July 7 in the early afternoon.

From Barron's

“These lean, scrappy plants are rarely as showy as their ornamental cousins, but when it comes to fragrance, they win every award, hands down,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times