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handler

[hand-ler] / ˈhænd lər /






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When Ivan's handler was pressed on whether he could be trusted, the handler replied: "I'm not sure of anyone, except myself."

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

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

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

Anyway, Evan was three times the ball handler that Scott was and everyone knew it.

From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies

They also have a knack for winning over their handlers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 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

It was at Cincinnati that Seabiscuit’s handlers first realized how fanatically competitive the horse was.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand


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