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The front seven was continuously getting their hands up to block Nix’s passes.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Deablo read Knox’s eyes and got his hands up in time to knock the pass away with his back turned to the quarterback.
—Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
The thing to do then is not to throw your hands up in despair, but to analyze what has gone wrong, and fix it.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
The indictment, handed up by a federal grand jury in Maryland, charges Bolton with eight counts of unlawful transmission of national defense information as well as 10 counts of unlawful retention of national defense information.
—Pierre Thomas, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2025
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2025
Deablo read Knox’s eyes and got his hands up in time to knock the pass away with his back turned to the quarterback.
—Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
The thing to do then is not to throw your hands up in despair, but to analyze what has gone wrong, and fix it.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
The indictment, handed up by a federal grand jury in Maryland, charges Bolton with eight counts of unlawful transmission of national defense information as well as 10 counts of unlawful retention of national defense information.
—Pierre Thomas, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Hand up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hand%20up. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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