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as in clumsy
lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands
I'd rather have no help at all than have his left-handed "assistance"
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as in double
not being or expressing what one appears to be or express
failed to realize that he had received a left-handed compliment
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as in counterclockwise
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Recent Examples of left-handed
Candace Oehler, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Ben Rice, a converted catcher and left-handed hitter, batted .171 with seven home runs as a rookie fill-in for Rizzo last season.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024
Instead, Bellinger is being replaced by the 27-year-old Tucker, giving the Cubs an upgrade with a power-hitting left-handed bat who also plays gold-glove defense.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
The pitch breaks down and away to a left-handed batter while boring in on the hands of a right-hander.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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While players have the option of bringing their own clubs (no drivers or woods), Cleveland Golf irons – men’s, women’s, senior and left-handed clubs – are provided at each station.
—Candace Oehler, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Ben Rice, a converted catcher and left-handed hitter, batted .171 with seven home runs as a rookie fill-in for Rizzo last season.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024
Instead, Bellinger is being replaced by the 27-year-old Tucker, giving the Cubs an upgrade with a power-hitting left-handed bat who also plays gold-glove defense.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
The pitch breaks down and away to a left-handed batter while boring in on the hands of a right-hander.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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One of its stranger spinoffs was the grandiose, tactically clumsy Symbionese Liberation Army — an army of perhaps a dozen white men and women led by a black escaped convict.Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Maye represents Tomorrowland for an organization that’s desperately trying to move on from a half-decade of clumsy, disheveled yesterdays, which means his health and fitness are mighty important.Steve Buckley, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
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Carlsen is thirty-four years old, almost double Dommaraju’s age and the age of the World Rapid Championship winner, Volodar Murzin, who, like Dommaraju, is eighteen.Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025
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The tiny house is accessed via double glass doors or an adjacent single glass door.Adam Williams, New Atlas, 3 Jan. 2025
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The truck rotated counterclockwise and ended up disabled facing south in the inside lane.Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2025
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Strong winds circulate counterclockwise around this low pressure area, and build up and trap some of the coldest air in the Northern Hemisphere across the Arctic.Andrew Freedman, Axios, 2 Jan. 2025
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Though the two might have an awkward run-in in the Love Island All-Stars Villa.Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 13 Jan. 2025
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Ribas’ hands and movement were much crisper than that of Dern, whose movement was awkward and punches were slower and wilder than those of her foe.Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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While fake kidnapping calls aimed at exploiting worried parents are a familiar tactic for some criminals, advancements in technology are making these scams far more convincing and harder to detect.Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
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Fraudsters have devised sophisticated registration bots to mimic real users, coded to flood companies’ systems with fake OTPs.Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
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While lip reading is commonly used as a way for those with hearing disabilities to understand speech and conversations, it’s also called upon for legal matters and police investigations.Emily Holgate, refinery29.com, 19 Jan. 2024
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Also, lip skin is thinner, making blood vessels more apparent.Scott LaFee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2024
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Two brothers were arrested this week on murder charges in connection to a 1997 Michigan cold case in which a man's headless and handless body was found in a cornfield, authorities said.Erin Pflaumer, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2023
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Twenty-five years after authorities discovered a headless and handless man in a Michigan cornfield, arrests have been made in connection to the grisly murder.Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2023
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The woman is long gone, so Freer has to imagine her consent — in a history so full of gaps, coercion, and disappearance, a pretended connection is better than none at all.Helen Shaw, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2022
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What most activates Dunn’s rage is the misogyny that only deepened amid all the pretended freedoms of the counterculture.Sam Sacks, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
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“Left-handed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/left-handed. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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