handing out
Example Sentences
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Family vloggers have more reach on TikTok and Instagram than missionaries will ever get knocking on doors or handing out pamphlets on street corners.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
Abalos and his former adviser Koldo Garcia are suspected of having pocketed kickbacks for handing out public contracts worth millions of euros for sanitary equipment during the Covid-19 pandemic.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
Daytime activities included volunteering at a soup kitchen, handing out food to families in Parque Maceo and dropping off N95 masks and meds at the towering Hospital Hermanos Ameijeiras.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Under the reform, courts must stop handing out such short prison terms other than in a number of specific or exceptional circumstances.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
“And it’s weird, Mama, cuz we don’t have all that much funding this year, and they’re cutting programs and some of the teachers are handing out copies of textbooks because we don’t have enough. Look!”
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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