had handled
- past perfect of handle.
Example Sentences
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But she couldn’t let this go; her colleagues had handled Salute’s case, and she remembered it well.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
The UK government said a panel of abuse survivors would be given a central role in the inquiry, however, four resigned in October in protest at how the government had handled the process so far.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026
Real captain Federico Valverde said he was proud of how Vinicius had handled himself in the circumstances.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
Some also pushed back on his criticism of how Moderna had handled the trial.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
He had handled the Columbia account for twenty years and didn’t like the idea of losing even a small part of the business to a competitor.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
