old hand
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Its episodic encores are currently airing on Fox as a lead-in to “The Faithful,” whose showrunner, René Echevarria, is an old hand at both network and cable, and whose work includes “The 4400.”
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
According to her Outside interview, 33-year-old Woodley is an old hand at camping thanks to family outings at Leo Carrillo State Park in Malibu and other California coastal haunts.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2025
Salah-Eddine Oulad M’hand is a relative old hand at 20.
From BBC • Jul. 25, 2024
As for Evans, he looked like an old hand in a top defensive pairing alongside Adam Larsson as well as “quarterbacking” the second power play unit.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 3, 2023
Next El Patron put his gnarled old hand on Matt’s head and said, How I scrambled for the coins the mayor threw me!
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
