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let me just scribble my John Hancock on the bottom of the form
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Don’t expect to just open your checkbook, scrawl your John Hancock, and then jump behind the bar and start running the place.
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Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2025
But Judge John Hancock and some of his siblings may have tried to keep enslaved families together.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The only man to actually sign the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776: The president of the Continental Congress, John Hancock.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 2 July 2025
So many more people saw Pine’s pro-American paintings, which were turned into prints that circulated widely in London, than chatted with John Hancock, for example.
—Karin Wulf, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2025
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Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2025
But Judge John Hancock and some of his siblings may have tried to keep enslaved families together.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The only man to actually sign the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776: The president of the Continental Congress, John Hancock.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 2 July 2025
So many more people saw Pine’s pro-American paintings, which were turned into prints that circulated widely in London, than chatted with John Hancock, for example.
—Karin Wulf, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for John Hancock
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“John Hancock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/John%20Hancock. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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