Operate
To handle
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Justified in the Halo series, as Master Chief has spent years undergoing Training from Hell to handle every human and Covenant weapon, as well as operate just about every vehicle both sides uses.
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And after the fact they end up having to apologize to all of the different district police chiefs they operate in for the damages caused (despite the fact these district police called them in to handle it in the first place).
Source: Anime / Active Raid - In Family Ties, Alex Keaton becomes addicted to unspecified "diet pills" (in the days when this would likely be an amphetamine or NDRI) which operate as a stimulant, in an attempt to handle the stress of scholastic life.
Source: G-Rated Drug
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