handle
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Risk capacity becomes the focus, because that’s how much risk your portfolio can handle before potential losses would be a problem.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
"If you can handle your spice, I think you would enjoy this," she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Campbell will oversee Home Depot’s day-to-day operations and McPhail will handle the company’s financials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“They’re unconscionable, and should serve as a turning point in California’s failed state prison system, and the way they handle these types of allegations.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
She handed me her big bag with the broken handle.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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When suddenly, from the depths of this cave, he pulled out a very crumpled, brown paper bag with soft, ivory fabric peaking out between the twine handles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
There have been a few confusing situations where it has not been clear if the goal-kick has been taken, and a defender then handles the ball.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Natural compounds in oranges, particularly hesperidin, a citrus flavonoid known for its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, seem to influence processes related to high blood pressure, cholesterol balance and the way the body handles sugar.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
In the urban-focused section, the handles of purses or luggage are adhered to sections of the work patterned like brick and embedded with small windows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
They beat their axe handles against their meaty hands.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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McNamara said the EU had met with the opposition, government and even the chief justice to stress that any challenges to the vote outcome should be handled "peacefully".
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
“It’s one thing if you’re going after Pablo Escobar,” said Steve Bunnell, a former DHS general counsel and senior intelligence adviser who handled voting fraud prosecutions during more than a decade at the Justice Department.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Ship-tracking data from Kpler says that 13 vessels on Thursday crossed a waterway that routinely handled more than 130 a day before the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
She is working with an attorney, but we want to make sure everything is being handled properly.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Though she hunted through scores of insect collections and handled innumerable specimens, no one could give her the answers she sought.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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The latest disclosure is likely to raise fresh questions about the Metropolitan Police's handling of sensitive survivor information.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The prosecutor handling the case for the Southern District of Florida also didn’t respond to questions.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Trump's handling of the economy will be a key issue at the polls.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Critics have argued that organic material detected in fossils could have entered the specimens much later from microbes, soil, handling, or other environmental sources.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
The leather satchel he carried looked familiar, worn and oily dark with handling, the edges frayed and repaired with duct tape.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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