Examples of hand over in a Sentence
the police officer ordered the suspect to hand over his weapons
in response to a desperate plea, we handed over all our extra blankets and pillows to the homeless shelter
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The vast majority of them have been either abandoned or let loose by their owners in parks or along roadsides, or handed over by apartment tenants who didn’t know they weren’t allowed.
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Kansas City Star, 10 May 2026
Fearing for his life, the employee handed over an undisclosed amount of cash from the register.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 9 May 2026
The court ordered the state to hand over the data DLI extracted from the sample.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2026
Providing video to police Suffolk County Legislator Jason Richberg is sponsoring a bill that would require businesses to hand over surveillance video to police within 24 hours of a serious crime or face fines.
—John Dias, CBS News, 8 May 2026
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Kansas City Star, 10 May 2026
Fearing for his life, the employee handed over an undisclosed amount of cash from the register.
—Jason Green, Mercury News, 9 May 2026
The court ordered the state to hand over the data DLI extracted from the sample.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 May 2026
Providing video to police Suffolk County Legislator Jason Richberg is sponsoring a bill that would require businesses to hand over surveillance video to police within 24 hours of a serious crime or face fines.
—John Dias, CBS News, 8 May 2026
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“Hand over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hand%20over. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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