handed down
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“I want you to think about this every time you get behind the wheel,” Carlos’ uncle, Jaime Villanueva, told Jacob Bustillos during a statement to the court before the sentence was officially handed down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
After an emotional 11-week trial, judge Matthew Nicklin sided with the publisher in a ruling handed down on July 7, concluding the "claimants failed to prove their pleaded allegations".
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
The sentences will be handed down at a later date.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Long before the Supreme Court handed down the landmark Obergefell ruling on equal marriage in 2015, activists were canvassing door to door, courting any lawmaker who would listen, and losing at the local level—a lot.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2026
Her clothes had always been too big for her because they were handed down from Dorcas.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
They are among the home cooks whipping up feasts from handed-down recipes and sharing those dishes with others.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2022
"When I came to Maine, a colleague who was a native Mainer gave me her handed-down family recipes for how to collect, clean, and prepare Irish moss, as well as a pudding recipe."
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2022
Everything she has was gifted, handed-down, or purchased second-hand.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2020
"A lot of our membership consists of handed-down businesses," Wenther said.
From Seattle Times ● May 26, 2010
I knew how people thought about things, how people were, but it was a blow to see James playing into that handed-down way of looking at the world.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
