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Recent Examples of handler
Tarrant County Sheriff's Office When K-9 Racket and his handler arrived at the scene, Racket performed a free air sniff of the vehicle and signaled a positive alert to the deputies for the presence of drugs.
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Briauna Brown, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
Once chosen, Magpie spent six weeks with Pepe at his training location in Florida, accompanied by Magpie's handler, Lindsay.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
Though Agnes’ feelings for Garth are quite obvious to viewers — and her pearl-girl friend Daisy (Lucy Halliday ), who also happens to have Garth as her Mayday handler — what Garth thinks about Agnes is much less clear.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
The Testaments series gives Daisy a backstory in the third episode, and, of course, that’s where June comes in: June is Daisy’s handler from the Mayday resistance movement, and Daisy goes into Gilead as a spy.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
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Briauna Brown, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
Once chosen, Magpie spent six weeks with Pepe at his training location in Florida, accompanied by Magpie's handler, Lindsay.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
Though Agnes’ feelings for Garth are quite obvious to viewers — and her pearl-girl friend Daisy (Lucy Halliday ), who also happens to have Garth as her Mayday handler — what Garth thinks about Agnes is much less clear.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
The Testaments series gives Daisy a backstory in the third episode, and, of course, that’s where June comes in: June is Daisy’s handler from the Mayday resistance movement, and Daisy goes into Gilead as a spy.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handler
Noun
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Store managers by and large received them warmly but said that sourcing decisions were above their pay grade.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
4 May 2026
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And so the Braves improved to 25-10 under first-year manager Walt Weiss for the best record in baseball.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Bubbles first entered Jackson's life in the mid '80s, when animal trainer Bob Dunn helped acquire him from a Texas research facility.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
28 Apr. 2026
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Thousands of other personnel involved in sports, including coaches, trainers and student employees in athletic departments, can gain insider access to information, such as player injuries, which can prove valuable in betting.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Handler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/handler. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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