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- verb Present participle of
gladhand .
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Examples
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And Denver's new mayor, Michael Hancock, won his 2011 election by beating the gladhanding and gregarious insider Chris Romer in a landslide that shocked the political establishment.
Jessica Corry: How Not to Pick Aurora's Mayor Jessica Corry 2011
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I * still* hate that grinning, gladhanding evil POS.
Think Progress » Obama asks George W. Bush to assist Haiti relief efforts. 2010
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The 49ers are in London ahead of Sunday's game against the Denver Broncos at Wembley Stadium, and as the new face of the franchise, Mr. Smith has been gladhanding local dignitaries, meeting British fans and posing for pictures with players from Tottenham Hotspur, the Premier League soccer club that has been hosting the 49ers.
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He and Gary Shapiro do some gladhanding and complimenting.
Ballmer's parting message to CES: just Windows, Windows, Windows 2012
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And Denver's new mayor, Michael Hancock, won his 2011 election by beating the gladhanding and gregarious insider Chris Romer in a landslide that shocked the political establishment.
Jessica Corry: How Not to Pick Aurora's Mayor Jessica Corry 2011
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I always find all of that gladhanding a little strange, really The long walk is then punctuated by the rounds of undeserved applause (though noticeably quieter and shorter than past years).
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So it has become futile asking questions of ... the witness who walked up and down Capitol hallways gladhanding with any House member who had a pulse and a seat on the committee.
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McCain doesn't have that long of a list of choices because most Republicans think he's a pain in the ass and McCain isn't a gladhanding pol with a deep set of contacts in the GOP governors pool.
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I always find all of that gladhanding a little strange, really The long walk is then punctuated by the rounds of undeserved applause (though noticeably quieter and shorter than past years).
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Back-patting and gladhanding are part of the filmmaking process, she realizes, and she hopes to navigate it without being overexposed or seeming repetitive.
A Golden opportunity, but for what, exactly? Dan Zak 2010
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