handler
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She described Noah with affection and told the call handler she had been concerned about Noah's mental health, saying he "had not been himself at all" during the previous week.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Stewart Irwin, from Carlisle, finally dialled 999 in the early afternoon of 28 July 2023, and told the call handler his mother's skin had "started to turn blue".
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
But something got to me, and I felt a pang of empathy for the humanoid being dragged off the stage by its human handler.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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
I heard the dog’s handler shout in surprise and then scramble down the ramp, pulling his yelping dog along with him.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
Maintainers constantly repair aircraft, ordnance handlers load and unload munitions, and specialized mechanics fix engines in the carrier’s jet shop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
When the bees in the detector sniff TNT, they stick out their tiny tongues, triggering an alarm and alerting their handlers to the presence of danger.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
While Husted is well cocooned by his handlers at this point, his campaign issued a statement in which Husted said he “would not have run that ad.”
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2026
Tofino approached each of his handlers in turn as they knelt in shallow water and stroked his sides.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
But because two handlers were strolling up the center aisle between the rows of cages.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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