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Strahm had just retired the right-handed hitting Mookie Betts and has actually been better against right-handers than lefties this season.—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025 Genetics can be tricky—both my husband and I are lefties, yet our son is a righty!—Hayley Matz Meadvin, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025 With his 23rd homer against a left-handed pitcher this season, Schwarber set a major league record for homers by a lefty against southpaws in a single season.—Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025 Life Through the Looking Glass (Nautilus) by Molly Glick
Molecularly speaking, DNA is right-handed, while proteins are lefties.—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lefty
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