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John Hancocks

noun

plural of John Hancock

as in hands

a person's name written in their own handwriting often given to indicate awareness or consent let me just scribble my John Hancock on the bottom of the form

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The video shows four deputies running after Garza along Interstate 10 in Palm Springs, with Garza facing the deputies several times while holding an object in his hands.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
Alaska’s bid for statehood, in the late nineteen-fifties, was in part a matter of keeping the hands of Seattle businessmen off local salmon stocks.

— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026

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The change prompted pushback from some hosts, with one petition attracting more than 7,000 signatures by Thursday evening.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026
The Illinois State Board of Elections removed both from the ballot, finding Sigcho-Lopez 1,222 valid signatures short and Macías 1,058 short.

— Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

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