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left-handed

[left-han-did] / ˈlɛftˈhæn dɪd /


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“There just weren’t enough at bats so we sent him. He came back up here against a left handed starter and did a really nice job.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2022

With a long list of famous left-handed people including Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin and Ronald Reagan, it might be easy to believe that left handed people are, in fact, smarter.

From Fox News • Aug. 13, 2021

Libby was confident that Shaw didn’t write the note himself, with the penmanship not matching her left handed father’s distinctive handwriting.

From Washington Times • May 15, 2020

RA'AD stalked three deep then outside a rival, came four wide into the stretch, rallied under left handed urging to collar the runner-up a sixteenth out and won clear under a hold late.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2019

Her mother was left handed and had wrapped clockwise.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin




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