short-handed

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Even the defending-champion Thunder, who walloped James’s short-handed Lakers in Game 1, aren’t immune.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

It was also hard to fill open jobs after the pandemic, and businesses don’t want to get caught short-handed again.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

In New York, Karl-Anthony Towns scored 39 points and Landry Shamet added a career-high 36 points off the bench as the short-handed Knicks beat the Miami Heat 140-132.

From Barron's • Nov. 15, 2025

The trio of Loyd, Gray and Wilson proved too much for a short-handed Sparks squad to handle.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025

Rufino was our driver, since Jaimito, short-handed, couldn’t take time off from the cacao harvest.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez