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as in to spoil
to treat with great or excessive care
accused the judiciary of coddling criminals
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Recent Examples of coddle
Why are her landlord and the town of Huntley still coddling her?
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Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
Maximizing what a quarterback can be does not mean coddling him.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 13 May 2025
But Louise isn’t willing to sit in judgment or to coddle him.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The congressional hearing this morning with Mayor Adams and the mayors of Boston, Chicago and Denver is a partisan Republican display designed to show that the four Democratic mayors are coddling dangerous and violent undocumented criminals who should be deported.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
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Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2025
Maximizing what a quarterback can be does not mean coddling him.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 13 May 2025
But Louise isn’t willing to sit in judgment or to coddle him.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The congressional hearing this morning with Mayor Adams and the mayors of Boston, Chicago and Denver is a partisan Republican display designed to show that the four Democratic mayors are coddling dangerous and violent undocumented criminals who should be deported.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coddle
Verb
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Armenians boiled your parchment skin to make yellow umber for silk and wool.—
Peter Balakian,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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By crushing bones and boiling them to extract grease, Neanderthals tapped into a rich energy source, using techniques once thought to belong only to much later human groups.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
12 July 2025
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Dodge won't spoil the surprise by confirming if the last one will be based on the Charger or the Challenger (or maybe both), but the evidence suggests the latter is more likely.—
Jack Fitzgerald,
Car and Driver,
13 Feb. 2023
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Farmers’ broiler chickens suffocate, and dairy products spoil.—
Monica Mark,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Feb. 2023
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In a surprising move, Cognition– the makers of autonomous coding tool Devin— acquired what was left of its rival Windsurf after the company’s cofounders Varun Mohan and Douglas Chen and other staff members were poached by Google DeepMind for $2.4 billion to improve Gemini’s coding abilities.—
Rashi Shrivastava,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Aside from global trade wars, Khan’s promotion comes after one of the company’s AI darlings was poached by Meta.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
9 July 2025
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Some adults want their children to develop AI literacy; others see chatbots as a way to indulge young kids’ endless curiosities or engage their creativity.—
Lila Shroff,
The Atlantic,
14 July 2025
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Trump previously appeared to indulge an antisemitic trope of Jewish people controlling things behind the scenes.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
5 July 2025
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Coming back to your earlier question, the creative direction is all those ingredients stewing together.—
Rob LeDonne,
Vogue,
3 July 2025
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Advertisement Advertisement Instead of stewing over the remark, reframe it as an opportunity for self-improvement, Ho advises.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
11 Apr. 2025
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Jackson nursed him back to health by covering his feet with a medicated balm and became acutely aware of the need to protect her pets from the hot summer sun and heatwaves.—
Jen Reeder,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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The University of Minnesota’s equine intensive care unit nursed him back from his pneumonia and wounds.—
Mark Vancleave,
Twin Cities,
30 June 2025
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Add the frozen vegetables, reduce the heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.—
Robin Miller,
AZCentral.com,
10 July 2025
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But don’t let these deals simmer in your cart too long — popular products could sell out fast.—
Jeaneen Russell,
People.com,
8 July 2025
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British Vogue Acting Beauty Director Lauren Murdoch Smith is here to walk you through all her holiday beauty essentials—and to share the in-flight pampering rituals Vogue editors love to do at 30,000 feet!—
Vogue,
Vogue,
10 June 2025
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After weeks of pampering, watering, and staking, dahlia flowers begin to emerge in summer.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
10 June 2025
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“Coddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coddle. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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