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as in to abuse
to abuse physically
charges that the police manhandled peaceful protesters
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2
as in to bully
to inflict physical or emotional harm upon
if you see anyone manhandling a child, you should call the authorities
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Recent Examples of manhandle
San Francisco tackle Williams is 6-foot-5 and 320, and has been manhandling NFL linemen since Hufanga was a boy running around his parents’ farm in Oregon.
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2025
So maybe the real culprit is the attempt to manhandle her sensibility into a studio-horror sequel.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 July 2025
Bronte looks fabulous in a slinky green dress, but Clayton’s unwelcome arrival upsets her until Clayton manhandles her and Joe beasts out, shoving him into a bookcase and telling him to leave her alone.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Brooks, a 43-year-old Black man, was punched, kicked, choked and manhandled in the Dec. 9 beating at Marcy Correctional Facility north of Utica.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 6 Aug. 2025
So maybe the real culprit is the attempt to manhandle her sensibility into a studio-horror sequel.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 July 2025
Bronte looks fabulous in a slinky green dress, but Clayton’s unwelcome arrival upsets her until Clayton manhandles her and Joe beasts out, shoving him into a bookcase and telling him to leave her alone.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Brooks, a 43-year-old Black man, was punched, kicked, choked and manhandled in the Dec. 9 beating at Marcy Correctional Facility north of Utica.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manhandle
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In his experiment, students who were randomly assigned to be guards began abusing the students who were prisoners after only five days.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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While walking the two men to a USBP vehicle, Wilkins, a bystander, began verbally abusing authorities, DHS said.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Wheaton has opened up about how he was bullied into his acting career by his overly demanding mother and physically aggressive father.—
Sezin Devi Koehler September 1,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Deputy Reckling’s death and Hartig’s rulings Hartig continued to hear cases on an August day, with the judge accused of bullying behavior, facilitating talk of potential civil settlements between lawyers and calmly addressing a woman upset with Hartig's choice to let her civil case move forward.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Bronxites were less exploited by capitalists than mauled by an unexpected combination of policies and incentives that few outsiders bothered to notice.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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The arrest took place nearly a month after a 17-year-old girl was mauled by more than 10 dogs in the community of Newberry Springs on July 17.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Mihály is a brute who mistreats his mother.—
Adam Solomons,
IndieWire,
28 Aug. 2025
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Federal and county officials deny Alexa was mistreated.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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An infatuation with war is not the same as being guilty of mishandling classified information.—
Isaac Saul,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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Getty Images On Friday, the Social Security Administration’s chief data officer, Chuck Borges, sent an email to agency staff claiming that he had been forcibly removed from his position after filing a whistleblower complaint this week accusing the agency of mishandling sensitive agency data.—
Makena Kelly,
Wired News,
29 Aug. 2025
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Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli and Gabe Kidd brutalized Ospreay, targeting the neck which he was set to have surgery on.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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With very few exceptions, low-rent buildings are run down, services are almost impossible to obtain, and except for the fact that New Yorkers have been so brutalized by their living conditions, such housing would be uninhabitable.—
Nicholas Pileggi,
Curbed,
15 Aug. 2025
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She had been relinquished by her owner to another shelter for chronically attacking her own tail.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
31 Aug. 2025
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Examples of attacks include everything from graffiti and destruction of statues to arsonists destroying entire churches and assailants attacking churchgoers with deadly weapons.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
30 Aug. 2025
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Former Masked Singer contestant and New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani was seriously injured in a car collision on Saturday.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Logan was injured after falling from a park apparatus, the BBC and The Independent reported.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Manhandle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manhandle. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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