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the police officer ordered the suspect to hand over his weapons
in response to a desperate plea, we handed over all our extra blankets and pillows to the homeless shelter
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Often this meant handing over cash for some laminated product slapped together by amateurs in a dorm room or head shop.
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Kaja Andric, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
The audit findings were handed over to the Alaska State Troopers, spurring an FBI investigation that included interviews with commercial fishermen and several investors but ultimately no charges, according to investors familiar with the inquiry.
—ProPublica, 13 Feb. 2025
Catch up quick: Under the 1992 JFK Records Act, assassination records were supposed to be handed over to the JFK Assassination Records Review Board and then to the National Archives.
—Marc Caputo, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
That isn’t to say that Jost is handing over knock-knock jokes.
—Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
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Kaja Andric, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
The audit findings were handed over to the Alaska State Troopers, spurring an FBI investigation that included interviews with commercial fishermen and several investors but ultimately no charges, according to investors familiar with the inquiry.
—ProPublica, 13 Feb. 2025
Catch up quick: Under the 1992 JFK Records Act, assassination records were supposed to be handed over to the JFK Assassination Records Review Board and then to the National Archives.
—Marc Caputo, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
That isn’t to say that Jost is handing over knock-knock jokes.
—Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Hand over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hand%20over. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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