old hand

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Its episodic encores are currently airing on Fox as a lead-in to “The Faithful,” whose showrunner, René Echevarria, is an old hand at both network and cable, and whose work includes “The 4400.”

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

Salah-Eddine Oulad M’hand is a relative old hand at 20.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2024

As for Evans, he looked like an old hand in a top defensive pairing alongside Adam Larsson as well as “quarterbacking” the second power play unit.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 3, 2023

“Those are butterflies,” says cousin Manuel Cavanaugh -- an old hand at mutton bustin’ at age 10.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2009

“I feel positively like an old hand at this,” Theodora said to Eleanor.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson