hand down
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Lebanon has not carried out an execution since January 2004, although courts have continued to hand down death sentences.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The Supreme Court has entered its final stretch of the term, with about two dozen opinions to hand down before the justices flee for their summer break at the end of June.
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2026
The justices will likely hand down a decision at the end of the court’s 2025-26 term in late June or early July.
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2026
Most crucially, Kim Il Sung built up an extraordinary cult of personality around himself that was durable enough to hand down to his son and then his grandson, the current leader Kim Jong Un.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
Mr. Frost put his hand down into the empty space where the floorboard had been.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
