1
as in to abuse
to abuse physically
charges that the police manhandled peaceful protesters
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as in to bully
to inflict physical or emotional harm upon
if you see anyone manhandling a child, you should call the authorities
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Recent Examples of manhandle
Yet Ait-Nouri gave Cutler and Bentley the slip in an attempt to confront Burns again, only for Dawson to grab him and manhandle him away.
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Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
The Raiders won the past two playoff games by manhandling North Miami 58-0 and dispatching a feisty Blanche Ely team 53-32 last week.
—Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024
On Saturday, Indiana played Ohio State and got manhandled 38-15.
—Chris Vannini, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
The Yankees mauled and mashed and manhandled the Dodgers in Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium, staving off a sweep with an 11-4 victory.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
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Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
The Raiders won the past two playoff games by manhandling North Miami 58-0 and dispatching a feisty Blanche Ely team 53-32 last week.
—Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024
On Saturday, Indiana played Ohio State and got manhandled 38-15.
—Chris Vannini, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
The Yankees mauled and mashed and manhandled the Dodgers in Game 4 of the World Series on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium, staving off a sweep with an 11-4 victory.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manhandle
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During the tantrum, the child verbally abuses the parent and also destroys property within the home.—
Samantha Mann,
Parents,
27 Jan. 2025
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The series concluded earlier in January after exploring how Grace, who was legally proven to be 21 years old, was abused by two adoptive families before finding her current fresh start with a new family, Vincent and Nicole DePaul.—
Jackie Strause,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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Following his father's death, Diddy and his mother were left with money that afforded them a lifestyle unlike their peers, and Diddy was often bullied by his peers for being a rich kid in class.—
Tracy Wright,
Fox News,
19 Jan. 2025
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The first of those will identify what bullying is and how students can interrupt it.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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Even if it’s mauled and damaged to some degree, there will be evidence.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN,
15 Jan. 2025
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When Blake gets initially mauled, the swirling cinematography is so hard to understand that, for good measure, a few beats later he gets mauled again.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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The remark was especially noteworthy since Breillat has been accused by two of her lead actresses, Caroline Ducey and Asia Argento, of mistreating them while filming explicit scenes.—
Victoria Uren,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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Capturing soldiers is not technically a war crime, though mistreating them is, and experts in the rules around warfare agree that no grievance can justify holding anyone hostage, whether from civilian or military life.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
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This is of course a bit bewildering to read at a time when Trump is days away from being sworn in as president again and no longer facing any of these federal criminal charges, having entirely avoided concrete consequences for his misconduct, not only on this but mishandling classified documents.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
15 Jan. 2025
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Those cases leveled some of the most serious accusations a president could face: One, in Florida, accused Mr. Trump of mishandling classified documents, while the other, in Washington, centered on his effort to disrupt the peaceful transfer of presidential power.—
Ben Protess,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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Particularly since the same poisonous influences that brutalized mostly peculiar women 400 years ago are alive and well today.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Jan. 2025
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Hamas is no different than ISIS or al Qaeda or any of the worst of the worst that has so brutalized the Middle East over the years.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Jan. 2025
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Trump appointee Michael Pack won confirmation from the U.S. Senate in May 2020 after a two-year wait and spent his seven-plus months in office attacking many of its journalists.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
23 Jan. 2025
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Were none of those people guilty as charged, even though there’s footage of them attacking police officers and one of them has already been rearrested on federal gun charges?—
Belinda Luscombe,
TIME,
23 Jan. 2025
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Detectives arrested a suspect associated with a stabbing that killed a woman and left a man seriously injured in west Roseville on Saturday, according to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office.—
Emma Hall,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Jan. 2025
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In 2009, the Saints offered their players cash incentives to injure certain players.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Manhandle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manhandle. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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