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handle

[han-dl] / ˈhæn dl /




VERB
carry as merchandise
Synonyms


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At the time, he did not know "how to handle it".

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

This is a war film in style and substance, emphasizing the mental exhaustion of a country that cannot handle any more carnage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

In one of Annie Proulx’s Wyoming stories, a battered old rancher subsists on what he calls “hammer coffee”—“strong enough to dissolve the handle, float the head.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

The fairest way to handle income disparity, Hoffman said, is to first reach an agreement on what you can realistically afford together.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

I put my hand on the handle and looked back at her.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Amelia Lerutte starts every workday by checking in with the AI agent that handles her old job.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Sherborne Recycling handles waste from several local authorities and serves about 1.5 million residents.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

“It’s accelerating something that was already on the way of happening and then it makes the situation worse,” said John-Patrick M. Fritz, a partner at an L.A.-based law firm that handles small-business bankruptcy cases.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

That combination raises the possibility of developing treatments that change how the body handles energy, potentially complementing medications that primarily work by reducing appetite.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Earl handles me significantly more gently once he’s closed the door.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

Conwy council said it was sorry the family were not satisfied with how their concerns were handled.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

This is not an overwhelming caseload, and could readily be handled by a smaller bench.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

"I believe that is the general consensus community-wide: that that project, in particular, was very poorly handled by the powers that be," the 45-year-old activist said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

Scientific operations are handled by the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy on NASA's behalf.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

“It is the way we have always handled it.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

It said the review found that in Channel 4 and production company CPL's handling of the issues raised at the time, there was no breach of Ofcom’s broadcasting code.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

Yet his handling of a script by Peter Gamble, a professor at the USC film school, is deft and restrained, letting the beats speak for themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

She was haunted by her handling of deadly wildfires in 2025, which erupted while she was traveling for the Biden administration.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

The secretary of state is in charge of administering statewide elections, providing information about ballot measures and candidates to voters, overseeing campaign finance and handling business licensing and filings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

I feel my stomach and liver and all that mushy stuff that’s in there handling food, happy to be back in use.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini


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