fistful
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fistfuls
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The Shah boarded a plane, scooping a fistful of Iranian dirt on his way out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Banks, investment funds, governments, and insurance companies bought them by the fistful.
From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026
Or a Mediterranean-ish sheet pan of squash, eggplant, and onions, finished with thin-sliced cucumbers and a fistful of herbs.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 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
On any other night, the guys would have been scooping it up by the fistful, making snowballs, and bombarding each other, but not tonight.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
On Wednesday, dozens of people stood on the side of an eight-lane highway leading east out of the capital trying their luck by waving fistfuls of bills at passing vehicles.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
From the 17th to 19th centuries, spaghetti was a popular street food in Naples, typically enjoyed with one’s bare hands in large fistfuls.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2026
I see Corey and Hailey and Colton and Hannah…all staring dead-eyed into their laptops, clutching fistfuls of hair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
To the side, women wailed, beating their chests or throwing fistfuls of rice and rose petals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2025
Madame Carre, the florist, tucks great fistfuls of it into an arrangement headed for the chateau.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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