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Pedro said the city would serve as landlord for the time being but could eventually hand the duties off in the future.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
23 Jan. 2026 -
Senior generals, including Min Aung Hlaing, said at the time that new elections would be held and power handed to the winning party.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
23 Jan. 2026
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His hands, with their many rings, are broad and eloquent, delicately clasping and unclasping in syncopated claps.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
21 Dec. 2019
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The catalogue librarian, John Myers, unclasped the book’s old cover and sat down to see what was inside.—
Avi Selk,
Washington Post,
14 Feb. 2018
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Six movable struts give the cockpit full freedom of motion.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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But Black art is always compared, shared and given a value.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Unhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unhand. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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