manhandled

past tense of manhandle

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Verb
  • Bozanich, who did not believe that José Menendez abused the brothers, said that even if their account is accepted as true, they were still convicted of gunning down their parents in cold blood.
    Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • The dismissals by the social media giant targeted those who had consistently abused the system over an extended period.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The defendant had told police that Connor was bullied and had threatened to take his life.
    Landon Mion, Fox News, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Attendance plummeted during the record-losing season, and the media bullied Reinsdorf, imploring him to cash out.
    Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • While on the ground, Evans is shot twice more with bean bag rounds and attacked twice by a police dog as Evans screams.
    Christian Martinez, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Roving gangs on scooters attacked and beat Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam, the Dutch capital, overnight in an outburst of what authorities called antisemitic violence.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • In 2019, Paulino and his cousin were ambushed by a group of the loggers who killed Paulino and wounded his cousin.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Since last week’s atrocity, imagery of which was widely shared on social media, the Ukrainian 82nd and 95th Air Assault Brigades, respectively holding positions southeast and southwest of the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade’s own positions in Kursk Oblast, have ambushed Russian marines.
    David Axe, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Amos’ daughter also claimed that her brother had impersonated their dad in communications, disregarded his medical needs, mishandled his finances and exploited and eroded his legacy.
    Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The actor was cleared of involuntary manslaughter in August after a court ruled that key evidence was mishandled.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Manhandled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manhandled. Accessed 8 Dec. 2024.

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