handler
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The bull was being led out of a trailer at Charnock Richard Welcome Break services on the M6 when it broke free from its handler and charged around the car park at about 08:10 GMT.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 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
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
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
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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
The freewheeling discussions on rewatch podcasts also align with how younger consumers prefer to see their favorite celebrities presented — authentic, unvarnished and free of the restraint of public relations handlers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 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
Call off the swarms of lawyers and PR handlers, the howling about railroading and witch hunts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
When the dust settled, the handlers winched back the containment wall inside the cage and began hammering the side panels with the flats of their hands.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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