: marked by extreme care or deference
kid-glove treatment
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Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 3 Aug. 2023
The kid gloves might stay on a while longer, but the tune could change if lawmakers and locals alike believe a monstrous development centered around a team that’s 200-476 since 2018 isn’t necessary.
—Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
The biopic does not handle those circumstances with kid gloves.
—Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 June 2023
By virtue of his social standing and the crimes of which he is accused, Defendant Trump is already getting the privileged process and kid gloves extended to white-collar defendants.
—Elliot Williams, CNN, 10 Apr. 2023
As the season winds down, expect the Spurs to continue to treat bumps and bruises with kid gloves.
—Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Mar. 2023
Naturally, footage of scrums was treated with kid gloves — danced around by the commentators, the focus put elsewhere.
—Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
Either way, Reus’ situation is up in the air, and for now, Terzic will have to navigate a situation with kid gloves not to jeopardize Dortmund’s strong season.
—Manuel Veth, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2023
The way McKinzie sees it, the wealthier parts of town do get kid glove treatment from higher-ups both at the police department and City Hall.
—Susannah Bryan, sun-sentinel.com, 30 May 2021
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Despite all of this, Republicans have treated him with kid gloves, if not gone to the mattresses for the man who is simultaneously their party’s most incandescent celebrity and its greatest liability.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 3 Aug. 2023
The kid gloves might stay on a while longer, but the tune could change if lawmakers and locals alike believe a monstrous development centered around a team that’s 200-476 since 2018 isn’t necessary.
—Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
The biopic does not handle those circumstances with kid gloves.
—Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 June 2023
By virtue of his social standing and the crimes of which he is accused, Defendant Trump is already getting the privileged process and kid gloves extended to white-collar defendants.
—Elliot Williams, CNN, 10 Apr. 2023
As the season winds down, expect the Spurs to continue to treat bumps and bruises with kid gloves.
—Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Mar. 2023
Naturally, footage of scrums was treated with kid gloves — danced around by the commentators, the focus put elsewhere.
—Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
Either way, Reus’ situation is up in the air, and for now, Terzic will have to navigate a situation with kid gloves not to jeopardize Dortmund’s strong season.
—Manuel Veth, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2023
The way McKinzie sees it, the wealthier parts of town do get kid glove treatment from higher-ups both at the police department and City Hall.
—Susannah Bryan, sun-sentinel.com, 30 May 2021
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