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as in clumsy
lacking or showing a lack of nimbleness in using one's hands
I'd rather have no help at all than have his left-handed "assistance"
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as in double
not being or expressing what one appears to be or express
failed to realize that he had received a left-handed compliment
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as in counterclockwise
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Recent Examples of left-handed
Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
As a left-handed guitarist, what goes into your guitar-finding journey that righties don’t have to deal with?
—Spin Contributor, SPIN, 22 Oct. 2024
Soto, 26, is a left-handed hitter coming off a career-best 41-homer season for the Yankees.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Both of his parents went to great lengths to protect the right-handed first baseman’s unique left-handed swing.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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That was sandwiched by two buckets — a left-handed layup and an off-the-bounce trey.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
As a left-handed guitarist, what goes into your guitar-finding journey that righties don’t have to deal with?
—Spin Contributor, SPIN, 22 Oct. 2024
Soto, 26, is a left-handed hitter coming off a career-best 41-homer season for the Yankees.
—Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
Both of his parents went to great lengths to protect the right-handed first baseman’s unique left-handed swing.
—Emily Blackwood, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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The comedian with a penchant for pratfalls also did a popular impression of a clumsy President Gerald Ford and played the Landshark.EW.com, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2024
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What was trickiest to nail down was the thing that looks the clumsiest: the student film.Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2024
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The double balance was developed in an effort to provide greater stability within the regulating organ by using two balance wheels connected to a single balance staff to reduce lateral movement.Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024
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Ashley McBryde performed in a double denim look—a vest and matching flare jeans.Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 22 Nov. 2024
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Pressing down on the wrench, move it counterclockwise then clockwise.Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2024
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In an interlude, characters move counterclockwise as Amaliel (Evan Spigelman), a spiritual messenger, sings about concepts to be used as a starting point: truth, dignity, humility, and mercy.Rhoda Feng, ARTnews.com, 9 Aug. 2024
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Giving cash doesn’t have to be awkward Despite popular convention that cash presents are gauche, tacky, or uninspired, Post says the annals of etiquette wisdom permit monetary gifts.Allie Volpe, Vox, 19 Nov. 2024
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Things were awkward for a moment, and the bride took her niece aside to reassure her that her inclusion in the bridal party was not changing.Marina Watts, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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The source of those flames: a Christmas celebration that climaxes with ten helicopters dropping fake snow on the partygoers, a stunt that turns out to be a bad idea because of strong winds and some not-up-to-code fire extinguishers.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
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After 1935, duck and goose hunters were limited to fake decoys.Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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While lip reading is commonly used as a way for those with hearing disabilities to understand speech and conversations, it’s also called upon for legal matters and police investigations.Emily Holgate, refinery29.com, 19 Jan. 2024
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Also, lip skin is thinner, making blood vessels more apparent.Scott LaFee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2024
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Twenty-five years after authorities discovered a headless and handless man in a Michigan cornfield, arrests have been made in connection to the grisly murder.Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2023
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Two brothers were arrested this week on murder charges in connection to a 1997 Michigan cold case in which a man's headless and handless body was found in a cornfield, authorities said.Erin Pflaumer, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2023
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The woman is long gone, so Freer has to imagine her consent — in a history so full of gaps, coercion, and disappearance, a pretended connection is better than none at all.Helen Shaw, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2022
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What most activates Dunn’s rage is the misogyny that only deepened amid all the pretended freedoms of the counterculture.Sam Sacks, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
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“Left-handed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/left-handed. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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