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Recent Examples of free handRemove the Old Pot To remove your monstera from its pot, tip the pot to the side, grasp the monstera’s stems with your free hand, and gently wriggle your plant out of its pot.—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2025 Where Zepeda mostly looks to create space from in close, Stevenson adds a wrinkle to his game, either creating space or tying up one of his opponent's arms while looking to land with his free hand while also putting foe out of position through pressure.—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025 The proposal still requires approval from EU member states but, if adopted, travelers could soon be guaranteed a lot more free hand luggage than is currently standard on the region’s budget airlines.—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 5 July 2025 Interlace the fingers of one hand with the toes of the opposite foot and gently massage the bottom of your feet with the thumb of your free hand.—Andee Tagle, NPR, 7 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for free hand
Through Congressional authorization, President Calvin Coolidge was featured on the 1926 Sesquicentennial of American Independence Half Dollar alongside George Washington.
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Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
Roberts has not had lawful employment authorization since December 2020, according to the complaint.
Officials argue that this framing grants Washington broader legal and military latitude to act against foreign groups involved in narcotics smuggling.
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Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
3 Oct. 2025
Typically, northern gardeners plant bare-root peonies in the ground in September, and mid-latitude gardeners plant in October or even into early November in the southern reaches of the peony’s range.
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Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Oct. 2025
The event, launched in 1982, celebrates the freedom to read and express ideas and emphasizes the importance of fighting censorship.
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Jennifer Borresen,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
But in the small areas of freedom McAvoy allows himself outside the main thrust of the familiar rags-to-riches-to-regret arc there are sharp little digressions and darker shadowy corners that suggest there’s more to the film, and to McAvoy as a filmmaker, than initially meets the eye.
Between 2011 and 2022, roughly 380 Kansas drivers had the designation on the front of their license changed, according to Appeals Court Judge Karen Arnold-Burger, who authored the June ruling against Kobach.
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Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
3 Oct. 2025
Some food retailers may be unable to accept SNAP if their licenses expire during a shutdown and cannot be renewed.
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