as in fussed
to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior
a departmental supervisor who apple-polishes shamelessly whenever higher-ups are about
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The crime went unsolved for many years, prompting Mason to start making this movie in the early 2000s, and the immediate conclusion to jump to is that the LAPD maybe wasn’t too fussed about it.
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Dunst doesn’t get fussed about that sort of thing.
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For Valentine's Day 2026, the retailer released a confetti glass icon candle that shoppers drooled over.
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Fighter Josh Hokit drooled at the weigh-in in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
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His gimmick was hiring artists to do the cleaning, which brought in new clients every time the press fawned over the poor Cindarellas.
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The comments section fawned over the clip.
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“Apple-polished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apple-polished. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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