hand in glove

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Recent Examples of hand in glove Russia’s main security service, the F.S.B., worked hand in glove with the military and state television to project the illusion of success — and to conceal the dysfunction. Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2022 Candidates and these outside groups are finding ways to skirt the spirit of the law and work hand in glove without necessarily violating the letter of the law. James Brown, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2022 Ever since rudimentary car radios appeared in the early 1920s, motoring and music have been hand in glove. Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 15 July 2022 Church and state—specifically, de Valera’s long-dominant Fianna Fáil party—worked hand in glove, a regime of mutual reinforcement. Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2022 See All Example Sentences for hand in glove
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hand in glove
Adverb
  • Nickelodeon features an annual SpongeBob altcast, complete with animations intended to appeal to young children or families watching together.
    Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • My process began with spending time together, building trust, sharing stories, before discussing ideas, moving objects, adjusting interiors, and staging moments that echoed each family’s rituals or memories.
    Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • On Monday, OpenAI and Nvidia jointly announced a letter of intent for a strategic partnership to deploy at least 10 gigawatts of Nvidia systems for OpenAI's AI infrastructure, with Nvidia planning to invest up to $100 billion as the systems roll out.
    Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Sliwa called on all major candidates to stand together on the steps of City Hall to jointly call for the ban.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025

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“Hand in glove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hand%20in%20glove. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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