dealt

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He’d recently been nervous about starting a new activity, but he’d persevered, and so I said to him, “I’m proud of how well you dealt with that challenge.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

He noted that four other banks, where his late wife had savings, dealt with the matter within weeks.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

We’ve been dealt a nigh-unbearable hand when two of our communities were utterly savaged by fire.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The two clubs with most to mull over after seeing their top-four hopes dealt a blow are Liverpool and Chelsea.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Hazel felt the braids of her hair with her plump, pink fingers while Bill sucked in his cheeks and dealt the cards in a very serious way.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers