handler

Example Sentences

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"Really scared" Pearl unlocked her mum's phone, dialled 999 and told call handler Gen Hinds: "She's lying on the sofa… she's not awake. Her eyes keep on opening and closing."

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

They also gave tribute to co-stars David Doyle, who played the Angels’ handler John Bosley, and John Forsythe, who voiced the unseen Charlie.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Pearl told the call handler: "I'm really, really scared."

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Another nephew, Carlos Malpica Flores, managed the legislature’s finances, a first step to becoming handler of the family purse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

The trip was "cover," arranged months in advance in North Korea, for the first-ever contact between the spy and his new KGB handler away from the prying eyes of MI6.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau