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The ball boy then put his hands up and moved out of the way just in time to miss any contact with the ball.
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Karen Fratti, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
So this is a much more complicated situation, and yet no one is throwing their hands up in the air.
—CBS News, 16 Mar. 2025
Daniel James, not for the first time this season, threatened to stick his hand up for that tag, but along came Solomon and Joel Piroe with their latest contributions.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
After hearing testimony from several witnesses in the prosecution’s case, that grand jury handed up an indictment charging the child’s adoptive mother and adoptive grandparents with murder and a special circumstances allegation of torture.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
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Karen Fratti, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
So this is a much more complicated situation, and yet no one is throwing their hands up in the air.
—CBS News, 16 Mar. 2025
Daniel James, not for the first time this season, threatened to stick his hand up for that tag, but along came Solomon and Joel Piroe with their latest contributions.
—Beren Cross, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
After hearing testimony from several witnesses in the prosecution’s case, that grand jury handed up an indictment charging the child’s adoptive mother and adoptive grandparents with murder and a special circumstances allegation of torture.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Hand up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hand%20up. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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