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he was forced to apologize hat in hand for the offensive comment
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And when the time came to start paying taxes, developers have returned to the city’s Industrial Development Agency with hat in hand, asking for more tax breaks.
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Christine Wen, The Conversation, 15 Feb. 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine has forced Russia to turn to its fellow Eurasian giant, hat in hand.
—Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 9 Aug. 2022
What Toomey's amendment wants to do is make sure that our sick and dying veterans have the pleasure that our 9/11 first responders at Ground Zero had of having to come back to Washington, hat in hand, riddled with cancer, and march through the halls of The Hill begging for money every year.
—ABC News, 31 July 2022
They are surprised by a young man who appears on the left with hat in hand, extending a rose to the central girl.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2021
Advertisement Even the simplest of requests required going hat in hand to Capitol Hill.
—Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2023
But that was only a snapshot, and the agency only got it by going hat in hand to a private system.
—Sharon Lafraniere, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2022
So the Administration has gone hat in hand to OPEC and the Saudis and now Venezuela.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2022
The past two weeks have seen a parade of journalists and E.A. luminaries coming forward, hat in hand, to apologize and reflect.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2022
Christine Wen, The Conversation, 15 Feb. 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine has forced Russia to turn to its fellow Eurasian giant, hat in hand.
—Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 9 Aug. 2022
What Toomey's amendment wants to do is make sure that our sick and dying veterans have the pleasure that our 9/11 first responders at Ground Zero had of having to come back to Washington, hat in hand, riddled with cancer, and march through the halls of The Hill begging for money every year.
—ABC News, 31 July 2022
They are surprised by a young man who appears on the left with hat in hand, extending a rose to the central girl.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2021
Advertisement Even the simplest of requests required going hat in hand to Capitol Hill.
—Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2023
But that was only a snapshot, and the agency only got it by going hat in hand to a private system.
—Sharon Lafraniere, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2022
So the Administration has gone hat in hand to OPEC and the Saudis and now Venezuela.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2022
The past two weeks have seen a parade of journalists and E.A. luminaries coming forward, hat in hand, to apologize and reflect.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2022
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“Hat in hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hat%20in%20hand. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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