Definitions
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- adj. Closely cooperative.
- adv. Alternative spelling of hand in glove.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sean Penn refers to a hand-in-glove approach: immediate survival and economic sustainability must be addressed at the same time, with a strategy that coordinates both humanitarian relief and job creation.
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"The end-game is for the NHS to be working hand-in-glove with you as the fastest adopter of new ideas in the world," Mr. Cameron told the audience of pharmaceutical executives.
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Clearly there's a precedent: Michelin tires are "hand-in-glove compartment" to the famous Michelin restaurant guide.
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Cameron will say he wants the NHS to be "working hand-in-glove with industry as the fastest adopter of new ideas in the world".
David Cameron ready to put chunks of NHS up for sale, says Labour
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Likewise, Urbana reports that Darrell Issa of California, the ranking Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, described Acorn at a December hearing as a 'criminal organization' working hand-in-glove with the Obama administration.
Peter Dreier: Why ACORN Fell: The Times , Lies, and Videotape
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But his hand-in-glove cooperation with the Obama administration could also be an impediment in the nomination fight.
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Two excellent examples that work hand-in-glove can be found in the United States, with the African Growth and Opportunity Act AGOA and the Millennium Challenge Corporation.
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Hezbollah is a disciplined and hierarchical organization that works hand-in-glove with Damascus and answers to its masters in Tehran.
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Imperva's survey results go hand-in-glove with Verizon's 2009 Data Breach Investigations Report.
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Under his guidance, Egyptian intelligence has worked hand-in-glove with the CIA's counterterrorism programs, most notably in the 2003 rendition of an al-Qaeda suspect known as Abu Omar from Italy.
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