hand-deliver
Americanverb (used with object)
Example Sentences
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When a signed copy of my first book got lost in the Salvadoran postal system, I joked I’d hand-deliver it.
From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2026
Its reporters, editors and coordinators personally hand-deliver 30,000 quarterly print editions to local libraries, restaurants and community centers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2024
They sent in a lawyer to hand-deliver us a cease and desist.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2023
A delegation from Washington came to Paris last week to hand-deliver the letter, obtained by the AP.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2023
There had been no time to mail it, so its sender, First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln, had used the president’s messenger to hand-deliver it to the owners of Ford’s Theatre.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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