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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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They were handed over to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Louis Casiano, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2024
Trey Songz will soon be handing over a large sum of cash, as he has been ordered to pay $11 million for the battery of a police officer connected to an incident in 2021.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 26 Nov. 2024
The 14-time world champion handed over the title belt, dubbing Cactus Jack the new Hardcore Champion.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 18 Nov. 2024
At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson and Remington, handed over hundreds of thousands of names, addresses and other private data — without customer knowledge or consent — to the NSSF, which then entered the details into what would become a massive database.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2024
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Louis Casiano, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2024
Trey Songz will soon be handing over a large sum of cash, as he has been ordered to pay $11 million for the battery of a police officer connected to an incident in 2021.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 26 Nov. 2024
The 14-time world champion handed over the title belt, dubbing Cactus Jack the new Hardcore Champion.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 18 Nov. 2024
At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson and Remington, handed over hundreds of thousands of names, addresses and other private data — without customer knowledge or consent — to the NSSF, which then entered the details into what would become a massive database.
—Corey G. Johnson, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2024
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“Hand over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hand%20over. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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