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handled

[han-dld] / ˈhæn dld /
ADJECTIVE
controlled
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"Everyone was just so shocked as to how it went and how it was handled," she says.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

The sound system is handled by an L-Acoustics L-ISA 250-speaker matrix suspended dynamically behind a specialized acoustic fabric wall, material that Anadol loves to let people touch gently to confirm its woven tensile character.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

"It is unacceptable. We cannot look Lyhanna's family in the face and say this was properly handled."

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

The NBA has had extremely tall players before—here, I’m talking 7-foot-4 and up, Dubai skyscraper range—but usually they’ve handled the basketball like a toaster in the bathtub.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

"I would have handled it if he hadn't got in the way," snapped Belet.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda




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