as in hands
a person's name written in their own handwriting often given to indicate awareness or consent
let me just scribble my John Hancock on the bottom of the form
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Its approach suggests that in the years since Ferrante first made her way into American readers’ hands, the status of feminist writing has seen a true shift.—
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What Happens Next There will likely be long delays before SNAP benefits actually make it into the hands of beneficiaries again.—
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MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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McGuinness, along with Jason Bauer, were accused of a scheme to put several Tea Party candidates on the ballot without their knowledge, forging signatures on an affidavit.—
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Freep.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Further analysis confirmed that the spiders' carbon and nitrogen signatures traced back to sulfur-oxidizing microbes, not plants that underwent photosynthesis like those above ground.—
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New Atlas,
5 Nov. 2025
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