mishandle

On cold tires, cars like the Ferrari don’t handle; they mishandle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

An independent investigation found that Wada did not mishandle the case or show bias towards the Chinese swimmers.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2024

Davis will be the kick returner to open the regular season, although he did mishandle a punt in the Chargers’ second preseason game, the ball eventually going out of bounds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2023

“If they mishandle the looming financial risks, that could affect the economy” too severely to merit the risk, he said.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2023

A man hasn't many privileges in this country, but he might at least be allowed to mishandle his own rifle.

From Life's Handicap by Rudyard Kipling

And as Xi warned that the world's two largest economies could "come into conflict" if Washington mishandles the Taiwan issue, minor skirmishes broke out on the sidelines of their meeting.

From Barron's ● May 14, 2026

A majority of consumers of Asian and Pacific Islander descent are not willing to shrug off media and advertising that ridicules or mishandles their culture.

From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2024

If a company mishandles user data that it holds, like in the event of a data breach, the business has 72 hours to alert EU users who were affected.

From Slate ● May 24, 2018

“In Chocolate We Trust” tells a great story, pertinent and fascinating, although Kurie’s careful anthropological approach possibly mishandles it.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2018

I wish you could see the way he mishandles a cigar.

From Quill's Window by George Barr McCutcheon

Tommy Edman led off with a single, and then Betts scorched a 100.9-mph one-hopper at shortstop Cooper Pratt, who mishandled it, giving Betts a single to put two runners on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

"Our investigation confirmed that these individuals mishandled sensitive information outside established company procedures, violating our policies and breaking the trust essential to our work."

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Our investigation confirmed that these individuals mishandled sensitive information outside established company procedures, violating our policies and breaking the trust essential to our work.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Raman, on the other hand, said Bass mishandled the city’s response to SB 79, even as the city failed to produce enough new homes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

It was a question of whether Rindlisbacher had mishandled his initial contact with Reggie.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

Numerous whistleblowers have come forward in the past two years to say the agency was mishandling its private data.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI said Thursday that it has fired three researchers for allegedly mishandling "sensitive information" and violating company policies, including work that involved an external organization that evaluates artificial intelligence models.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Medtronic faces several proposed class-action lawsuits over the breach, alleging mishandling of health information and poor cybersecurity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Four missing people have been found dead on South Korean holiday island Jeju, as local police face mounting public criticism for allegedly mishandling missing persons cases.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Jones was a large man and strong enough to shake off his attackers, but he did not respond to his mishandling with force of his own.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy