manhandling

present participle of manhandle

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Verb
  • The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities recently launched a campaign attacking the governor for allowing the state’s overreliance on property taxes to worsen and for seeking to slash summer work programs that assist the state’s troubled youths.
    Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Completely misreading Hamas, the army believed that it was deterred from attacking Israel by the outcome of previous fighting.
    Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Instead, there was a fast, tough, physical team flying around and making big-time plays, bullying the big-boy Tar Heels.
    Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 30 Dec. 2024
  • LeBron James scored 32 points one game after setting the NBA’s all-time minutes record for regular-season games, bullying the Kings on the offensive end while grabbing four steals on the defensive end.
    Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The president’s ability to declassify information has been invoked when presidents have been accused of mishandling secrets.
    David Klepper, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Federal laws criminalize mishandling classified information – for example, by knowingly transmitting it to an unauthorized person or retaining it in an unauthorized location.
    Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The Gators still easily picked up Todd Golden’s first NCAA tournament victory and the program’s first win in the Big Dance since beating Virginia Tech in 2021.
    Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Micron Technology — The semiconductor stock slid almost 4% despite beating Wall Street expectations for earnings in the fiscal second quarter and offering strong guidance.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Manhandling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manhandling. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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