: marked by extreme care or deference
kid-glove treatment
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Sen. Ted Budd, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 Jan. 2024
Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024
Despite his many infractions, the N.B.A. treated Sterling with kid gloves—a policy that was put to the test on the night of April 25th.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 3 July 2024
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Adjective
Even as the regime’s aggression has escalated, this president has continued a kid-glove treatment against the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism in a desperate hope to secure a deal.
—Sen. Ted Budd, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 Jan. 2024
Noun
President Biden is being excessively and unfairly harassed about his age — in contrast with former President Trump, whose age and infirmities therefrom (e.g., inane comments recorded at campaign events) are treated with kid gloves.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024
Despite his many infractions, the N.B.A. treated Sterling with kid gloves—a policy that was put to the test on the night of April 25th.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 3 July 2024
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“Kid-glove.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kid-glove. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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