fistful
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Grace reached into a drawer, grabbed a fistful of Ugandan shilling notes, and handed over the cash.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
Banks, investment funds, governments, and insurance companies bought them by the fistful.
From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026
However Douglas' low-slung jackalling ability, aided by yoga stretching that he has done since he was a teenager,, external has impressed this season and delivered a fistful of turnovers.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
“I hadn’t been to a game there in 30 years,” Susana told me as people gathered to throw a fistful of dirt at my uncle’s coffin, which had been lowered into its grave.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2024
We dig our bare hands into the ground over and over again, each fistful of earth accompanied by a little cloud of dust.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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