hand onto
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Volunteers have been working since October creating new 15-foot strings of lights and hanging them by hand onto the trees along the nearly one-mile route.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2025
He wrote them by hand onto his quiz paper and submitted the assignment.
From Washington Post • Dec. 28, 2022
Before the shipping container, freight of every variety had to be loaded by hand onto ships and rail cars and trucks — a messy process that was slow, dangerous and expensive.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2022
George Mikan was last, the player considered the NBA’s first superstar getting a helping hand onto the platform in front of him from Bill Russell.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2022
And, dropping a hand onto his gun, Carl Abeyta called loudly, “Come on, Joe, you know that ain’t regulations.”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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