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Recent Examples of coddled
Heather Ann Thompson, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
As recently as last April, Narasimhan told analysts on a conference call that Most Favored Nation pricing would be devastating for America, where drug companies had been coddled.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 18 Jan. 2026
Police officers, in my view, coddled Lorincz and failed to protect her Black neighbors, Owens among them.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025
As children, Keaton often dismissed her younger brother as a crybaby, scaredy cat and a nuisance who was coddled by their mother.
—Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 26 Dec. 2025
Eric didn’t deserve to be gunned down, and the system failed him — the system that felt that juveniles needed to be coddled.
—Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
My 6-foot frame was fully coddled in the driver’s seat, while also fitting behind the driver’s seat when adjusted for me.
—Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
Goetz understood this disorder not as the product of scant civic resources or state retreat but rather as the result of liberal misrule—do-gooder bureaucrats, failed social programs, and a city that had coddled the undeserving and the criminal.
—Heather Ann Thompson, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
As recently as last April, Narasimhan told analysts on a conference call that Most Favored Nation pricing would be devastating for America, where drug companies had been coddled.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 18 Jan. 2026
Police officers, in my view, coddled Lorincz and failed to protect her Black neighbors, Owens among them.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025
As children, Keaton often dismissed her younger brother as a crybaby, scaredy cat and a nuisance who was coddled by their mother.
—Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 26 Dec. 2025
Eric didn’t deserve to be gunned down, and the system failed him — the system that felt that juveniles needed to be coddled.
—Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
My 6-foot frame was fully coddled in the driver’s seat, while also fitting behind the driver’s seat when adjusted for me.
—Karl Brauer, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coddled
Adjective
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Rowan Blanchard, known to audiences from Girl Meets World, joins as a series regular playing Shunammite, a pampered teen from a prominent Gilead family whose status grants her respect and power.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2026
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Rowan Blanchard, known for Girl Meets World, will star as a series regular playing Shunammite, a pampered teen from a prominent Gilead family whose status grants her respect and power.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Jamaicans typically eat ripe plantain fried or boiled as a side dish.—
Andre Fowles,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
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There, they are boiled with sugar and then made into a red bean paste to use in other recipes for pastries or other desserts.—
Jennifer Lefton,
Verywell Health,
13 Mar. 2026
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A week after an early red card spoiled Denver’s inaugural match at Bay FC, Summit FC held on against a top NWSL squad in Orlando Pride on the road, 1-all.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
21 Mar. 2026
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When the Blues came to Minneapolis on the first day of 2022 for the Winter Classic at Target Field, Tarasenko scored one of their five goals in the middle frame as the Missourians spoiled the frigid celebration of outdoor hockey culture in Minnesota.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Instead of becoming wealthy through oil, the people of the Niger Delta have paid a heavy price for it.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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On the other hand, clearly this is not very popular with extremely wealthy individuals who help fund campaigns.—
Brad Hamilton,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Make a satisfying cook’s choice stewed fruit bowl to break up the monotony using dried, canned and even frozen fruits.—
Mary Ann Esposito,
Boston Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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Why Tagines Taste Different From Stews A traditional Moroccan tagine is slowly braised, not stewed.—
Bridget Shirvell,
Martha Stewart,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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His appetite for complexity was increasingly indulged as a means of branding cities and institutions, and his novel forms were deployed as blunt metaphors to absorb and obscure contradictions rather than negotiate them in material and spatial terms.—
Julian Rose,
Artforum,
26 Mar. 2026
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The custodian of the maison’s some 20,000 documents, fragments, and objects is the effervescent Sophie Rouart, who indulged me in pulling any style of my choosing.—
Stephanie Sporn,
Vogue,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The Catalina Foothills, the neighborhood where Nancy Guthrie lives, is known as an affluent area with popular hiking trails.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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The area of West Plano is largely made up of affluent residential neighborhoods near Parker Road and the Dallas North Tollway.—
Lilly Kersh,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Zookeepers nursed him and gave him the toy to train him to cling, an ability newborn macaques need to survive.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Plus, don't forget that other parents (including those who are currently breastfeeding and those who nursed babies in the past) can often provide a wealth of advice and support as well.—
Deborah Skolnik,
Parents,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Coddled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coddled. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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