overhandling

And then I saw the illusion parade — the coaching, the reading of speeches written for her, the winking, the “you betchas”, the new wardrobe, the general obvious overhandling by the GOP.

Think Progress » Toby Keith joins LL Cool J in shock at being used for Palin’s Fox News show. 2010

The page was thumbed and limp with overhandling, and there I read: — 'So sweet it is to stand but just apart,

WHEN GOD LAUGHS 2010

And it hurts to see it go, because you know that the ones you cut will later seem like the ones you really loved, while the ones you keep will inevitably lose some of their luster through overhandling.

THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009

If youre stuck in a pattern of overhandling someone elses life or handing over your life to someone elsehanging out with his friends, doing her laundry, supporting his interestsyour resentment will build over time.

Enough Already Peter Walsh 2009

And it hurts to see it go, because you know that the ones you cut will later seem like the ones you really loved, while the ones you keep will inevitably lose some of their luster through overhandling.

THE ANTHOLOGIST Nicholson Baker 2009

She pointed to a stack of board games, their cardboard boxes softened by overhandling, stuck together with silver tape.

Certain Girls Jennifer Weiner 2008

She pointed to a stack of board games, their cardboard boxes softened by overhandling, stuck together with silver tape.

Certain Girls Jennifer Weiner 2008

She pointed to a stack of board games, their cardboard boxes softened by overhandling, stuck together with silver tape.

Certain Girls Jennifer Weiner 2008

Sometimes it's as if songs like "Yesterday" and "Something" have been loved by too many people for too long: overhandling can take the edges off a song, like a statue that tourists touch for good luck.

Come Together 2008

The GQ piece seems to confirm the overhandling part.

Mark Joseph: Sarah Barracuda 2008