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Ms. Horn takes trouble to depict Kay as an individual rather than a handmaiden.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

Their eviction was streamed live on TikTok as Offeh and "handmaiden" Kaura Taylor, from Texas, were handcuffed by immigration officers.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2026

For more than three decades after its creation in 1913, the Fed was largely a handmaiden of the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2025

Indeed, debt relief has always been the handmaiden of debt itself.

From Slate Aug. 25, 2022

Or maybe she’s the handmaiden, good-natured and just out of view.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon




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