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That’s the one baggage handlers use for your gate-checked bags.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

He was in "constant communication" with his handlers, including sharing documents marked "secret", he added.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

AFP journalists saw rescue dogs and their handlers scour the pile of broken concrete and jagged metal bars.

From Barron's Jun. 9, 2026

The American journalist "gathered intelligence on his American targets and reported it back to his Chinese intelligence handlers," said Assistant Director Roman Rozhavsky of the FBI's Counterintelligence and Espionage Division.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

As with the spy Penkovsky before him, the information Gordievsky passed to his handlers, experts believe, may well have defused a global crisis and averted nuclear war.

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