hands

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Though its smell is hardly appetizing, the cloth is surrounded by a group of women, each with her hands on the folds to knead, slap, punch and beat the cloth into shape.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Chris Evans returns as Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, appearing before Thor, played by Chris Hemsworth, as the Norse god's Mjolnir hammer flies into the former's hands.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

A woman sat nearby with her hands folded as if in prayer.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

“Baby, take a chance or you’ll never, ever know/ I got money in my hands that I’d really like to blow,” Bieber pants over a spacey, Neptunes-style beat.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Cam hands one of the key chains—it’s red, orange, and yellow, fire colors—to his cousin.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith