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handler

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as in manager

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Recent Examples of handler The violations on the report include employees not having a food handler card, as well as no drain plugs being seen when observing the plumbing. — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026 The cost typically falls on the law-enforcement agency while the K9 is on active duty, but in retirement, the handler often takes on the financial burden. — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026 Messages recovered from his phone showed that an anonymous handler, nicknamed Em, had directed him to the address. — Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026 Yerman, Crepeau, Smith, and John Moran, the dog handler on the Phu Loc patrol, also received the Bronze Star that day for their valor during the ambush. — Ethan Rocke, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for handler

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If a manager requests an update while someone at home needs help, don’t try to satisfy both through vague reassurance.

— Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2026
That page also outlines how the agency helped emergency managers assess the damage in New York City just after the attacks and discusses some of the ways NASA has honored 9/11 victims and their families over the years.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2026

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More believable is that a trainer certain of his ability to control things took on a client who didn’t care to be controlled.

— Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
Delicate situations involving superstar players can test relationships between coaches, executives, doctors, trainers, the player and his representatives.

— Mike Sando, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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