handler
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Former police dog handler Chris Bushnell, who was at the scene of PC Harper's death, said he was "shaking" when he heard that two of the officer's killers might be released early from prison.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Holt worked with Libyan intelligence assets in the 1980s and was the handler of double agent Abdul Majid Giaka, whose information became central to the investigation into the Lockerbie bombing.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 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
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
He was confused now, but Dessie could hold his bit and point him, the way a handler points a thoroughbred at the barrier to show his breeding and his form.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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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
That’s the one baggage handlers use for your gate-checked bags.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Allison said she did not understand how an ambulance was not sent out right away, adding that the call handlers should have asked if someone could go to be with Brian.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
AFP journalists saw rescue dogs and their handlers scour the pile of broken concrete and jagged metal bars.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
The California, Oregon, and Washington State kids weren’t pros, but they were definitely the best library-cart handlers in the building.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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