as in caresses
formal
nice things that you say or do to convince someone to do something
He found it hard to resist her blandishments and almost always ended up doing as she wished.
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adoration
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The siblings' love and adoration of their dad is plain to see, as is the positive impact the Ring doorbell had on them.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025 -
Each has done so to growing public interest and all that comes with it: adoration, criticism and faces on Panini stickers.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
26 July 2025
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