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he was forced to apologize hat in hand for the offensive comment
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Noland said the fare increase was needed not just to generate additional revenue but also to show state lawmakers a commitment to raising money while going to the General Assembly, hat in hand, to request additional funding from the state.
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Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
What will ultimately happen is that these countries will come, hat in hand, to the negotiating table.
—Gene Marks, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
The transit agency will once again go hat in hand to state officials hoping to plug the shortfall.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025
But the very fact that New York City has to go to Albany, hat in hand, to ask permission to alter a city tax levied on city residents with the funds going into the city treasury is maddening.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 Dec. 2024
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Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
What will ultimately happen is that these countries will come, hat in hand, to the negotiating table.
—Gene Marks, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
The transit agency will once again go hat in hand to state officials hoping to plug the shortfall.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025
But the very fact that New York City has to go to Albany, hat in hand, to ask permission to alter a city tax levied on city residents with the funds going into the city treasury is maddening.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Hat in hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hat%20in%20hand. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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