right hand

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Recent Examples of right hand The results that matter are the wins and being on the mound with the ball in his right hand every five games. Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026 Birmingham's Thomas Rainwater, the casino magnate and Broken Rock Reservation boss, will also feature heavily on Marshals alongside Mo (Mo Brings Plenty), his lethal right hand. Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Feb. 2026 Officers reported that Hendrix had his right hand concealed inside his jacket near his chest and abdomen. Christopher Harris, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026 The ‘incident’ consisted of King wafting a hand at Slattery, who did a cracking job (above) of making zero meaningful contact look like a stiff right hand from Mike Tyson. Phil Hay, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for right hand
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employee
Noun
  • Those employees, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to fear of retribution, described being asked a wide range of questions about government contracts and campaign donations.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The new firm, as is being redefined by AI, is a much smaller corpus of full-time employees, because those are the least flexible workers in your talent pool.
    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 13 Mar. 2026

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“Right hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/right%20hand. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.

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