handling

Example Sentences

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ICE agents, who often work in urban settings, had little prior experience handling hostile crowds.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

The appeals court found “the trial court’s handling of the note deprived defendant of his constitutional right to counsel at a critical stage of his trial.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

Slick handling then put Ellie Kildunne clear, but unlike her brilliant solo try in the World Cup final, the full-back lost control when attempting to ground the ball in one hand.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

He has previously gone after Harvard for its handling of campus antisemitism and its management of shares he donated to endow a chair.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The mathematicians began to handle evidence in the way that lawyers and theologians had been handling it for many centuries.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton