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left-handed

[left-han-did] / ˈlɛftˈhæn dɪd /


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The left-handed batter struggled for form towards the end of last summer and hit just one half-century in 16 innings across all formats this winter.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

"And obviously, it goes without saying that we discuss, because there are two leftie openers, number three is left-handed."

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

"We're coming back to conditions that were foreign a few weeks ago, we then got to know him over three games here," said the left-handed Bethell, who bats a number three.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

It begins as a duet with Kermit, playing his left-handed banjo, and ends with Miss Piggy, who muscles her way in, anxious for screen time after her Aphrodite number is cut.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

My paper might as well have been covered in the etchings of an alien language, written left-handed while standing on my head.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge