handle
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My question is: How would I best arrange the logistics with each restaurant, and what would be the most reliable way to handle payment?
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Postal Service typically goes to great lengths to handle election mail in an expedited and careful manner.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
I insisted I could handle it, that I could withstand sadness.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
Pedro Burelli, a Venezuelan opposition figure and former director of the country’s state-owned oil company, said the oil fields should be assigned to companies with the financial wherewithal and experience to handle complex oil projects.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
“Papa,” I said as I stopped turning the handle on the blower, “do you believe that the wishes we made at the fairy ring will come true?”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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According to TTP, the ad was posted by more than 50 different handles in India over a fortnight in August this year.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
The interoceanic Panama Canal -- which handles five percent of global maritime trade -- has already reduced the maximum number of ships allowed through daily, from 36 last month to 32 by mid-September.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
To see how the enzyme handles synthetic genetic information, the team combined biochemical experiments with high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy capable of revealing structures at scales smaller than the width of a single atom.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
“We certainly have regular return clients each year,” said Kingsley Read, director at ShipMyCar, a U.K.-based logistics company that handles car imports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
My father holds up a funny-looking cup with two handles.
From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman
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In separate interviews, the three journalists detailed how they handled their duties and serving their viewers while also dealing with their own personal fears, including worries that family members might be in harm’s way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
It refers to how quickly the ballot was handled by the Postal Service, not whether the ballot reached the election officials on time.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
In 2017, Epstein’s lawyer handled the paperwork for her to get divorced, and she describes the years after that as an effort to get out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
It stated: "VAR checked the referee's call of goal to Nottingham Forest - and determined that Williams handled the ball immediately before scoring and recommended that the goal was disallowed."
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
“You’ve handled us out of all the data we’ve financed,” General Knox said.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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Since NBC was handling the coverage, Williams spent much of the day monitoring the news and taking copious notes, ready to go on the air at any moment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Morocco's foreign ministry instead questioned Spain's handling of the crisis.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
The defendants are accused of helping to organise the ill-fated journey by lodging and transporting the migrants, supplying the boat they left in, and handling the money they paid.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Under pressure, people may become more cautious in an effort to avoid losses, whether they are making an investment, handling a tense workplace situation, or choosing a meal quickly.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Young agreed and recommended a highly talented graduate student named George Bass, whom he felt would be most capable of handling the project.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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