handle
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Did I have proof my Reddit handle was actually connected to who I said I was?
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026
The optimistic version of AI-assisted service makes some sense: Let the machine handle routine tasks.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Said Misiorowski: “The dude’s insane. I’m just hoping that these guys can do their job and handle business with him and let me do my thing and try to get that side taken care of.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
Still others handle many of Walmart’s U.S. e-commerce orders, as do the backrooms of stores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
“Papa,” I said as I stopped turning the handle on the blower, “do you believe that the wishes we made at the fairy ring will come true?”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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In particular, birch tar would have helped them attach stone blades or points to wooden handles, a technique known as hafting.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
The proliferation of businesses and services, and concurrent growth in related trademark applications, has made coming up with the necessary handles more complex than ever, Barrett said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The consulate handles UK relations with Palestinians in the city as well as in the West Bank and Gaza.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Stars like CM Punk and Ray Fenix have complained loudly about the way the promotion handles wrestler health.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Emma challenged, taking the bag from him and tying the handles together so it wouldn’t leak.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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That was a problem for companies working in industries that handled sensitive data—including Retool.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
A similar nationwide analysis of paternal mortality is not currently possible because of limitations in how birth and death data are handled.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
"We don't blame Tui for the water levels, but it's the way they've handled the consequences of that," David says.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
“Thought under the circumstances of last week that he handled that really well. And I’m excited about the growth that he’s going to be able to have this year. I’m excited for him.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
“They’re the finest clockmen anywhere,” he told me later, “these wandering clocksmiths. There’s not a repair job they haven’t handled with just the tools in their sack.”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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By 22, he was handling multimillion-dollar trades at Goldman Sachs in London.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Four years later, she’s pursuing stand-up professionally and working at the very same comedy club as a “concierge of comedy,” handling bookings and leading youth classes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The renovation will include internal work, such as upgrades to the building's mechanical, elevator, electrical and air handling systems.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
But White emphasized that for companies handling billions in revenue, "the sums are kind of irrelevant."
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
That means I will be handling their enormous fortune and figuring out where you children will go.
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
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