right hand

noun

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Recent Examples of right hand Tight end Greg Dulcich participated in his third practice wearing a red [non-contact] jersey, and with his fingers on his right hand bandaged up. — Omar Kelly august 8, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026 Keeping your hips level and your spine long, move to the right by moving your right hand and left foot sideways, followed by your left hand and right foot. — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026 Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman was replaced in the fifth after a pitch hit the side of his right hand on a foul ball. — CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026 Jordan Roth plays Bentley’s somewhat sinister, sometimes helpful right hand kitted out post-glam Bowie style. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for right hand
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employee
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  • If a foreign state treated these law enforcement operations as armed conflict, the private sector employees running them would not be combatants under international law and would not have POW or other protections.
    — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Fuller is nearly six months into the new position, created as Texas faces growing scrutiny over how school districts handle allegations involving teachers, coaches, and other school employees.
    — Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
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