gentle handling

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“He merely needs gentle handling and reassurance that he’s not going to the can,” Horowitz emailed Inciardi during a 2012 exchange about getting Sanders’ “‘explanation’ shaped into a communication” to auctioneers, the indictment says.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 19, 2024

This is because even very gentle handling of the plant releases potent oils that felines find so irresistible.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2023

To avoid breakage, she recommends gentle handling and styling, regular trims to prevent split ends and products such as heat protectors.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2021

They need more gentle handling in a space in which they feel comfortable.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2019

As a rule, however, when the wings and tail will spread out with gentle handling, the bird is fit to mount.

From Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. by Browne, Montagu