handler
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What happens when your boss is also the HR department, the grievance handler and the person deciding whether you get paid?
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Prosecutors alleged that Rogers dealt with a Chinese handler who, under the alias Hummin Lee, posed as an academic when he introduced himself at a conference in 2013.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
He did call again, about 10 minutes later, and told the call handler he was "losing breath".
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
In her previous job as mail handler, she worried that her position was going to be eliminated or even outsourced to a robot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
And Chambers admitted that he himself had been Hiss's "handler" for the NKVD.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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When I’m making out with Amita, there are legitimately two men — two puppet handlers — on the ground controlling a little possum that I can see.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Case papers reveal an 'Operation Mally' was launched by the PSNI, after Rowan wrote a Belfast Telegraph story on the agent's last meeting with his handlers.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Our call handlers received a considerable amount of information from members of the public and that assistance has been invaluable in helping us locate Jumaa.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
That’s the one baggage handlers use for your gate-checked bags.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
“That way any agents passing information to Umbra told their handlers that Mother was no longer a worry,” Sydney added.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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