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handled

[han-dld] / ˈhæn dld /
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controlled
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Handled by owner Lee Cox, the Clumber spaniel was victorious in the Gundog group earlier in the show.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Photo: Mark Rogers / Lionsgate Handled with more finesse, that approach might feel daring.

From The Verge • Apr. 10, 2019

Handled combs, like the wide-tooth and rattail, were the most ergonomically pleasing.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2019

Handled with less inventive prose, a book like this might feel like a series of Stephen King-ish portraits of small people being horrible.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2018

"Handled handily"—so that, being careful and gentle, you can take easy grasp of it and all that it contains; a thing given into your hand henceforth to have and to hold.

From On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by Ruskin, John




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