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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
Please be real: Feeding children and coddling emotional disorders is absolutely within the purview of the parents, not our tax dollars.
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Martin Potters, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2025
The result is a contemporary interpretation of the humble houses and villages in the center of Portugal, with kind and coddling service that matches the aesthetics: Charm is all around.
—Ann Abel, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Every player will have to earn the trust of their new DC, who has no interest in coddling them at the expense of the truth.
—James Boyd, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Narcissism is not something to be coddled or encouraged.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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Martin Potters, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2025
The result is a contemporary interpretation of the humble houses and villages in the center of Portugal, with kind and coddling service that matches the aesthetics: Charm is all around.
—Ann Abel, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
Every player will have to earn the trust of their new DC, who has no interest in coddling them at the expense of the truth.
—James Boyd, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
Narcissism is not something to be coddled or encouraged.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coddle
Verb
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If boiled and dehydrated, the useful components of the placenta may be altered and reduced.—
Marley Dewey,
The Conversation,
16 May 2025
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Audiences will witness how life finds a way to survive on a planet where meteors fall, super volcanoes erupt, seas boil and the land moves.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
12 May 2025
Verb
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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
Verb
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The first is growing competition from AT&T, T-Mobile and other wireless providers, which are poaching customers with their own broadband services and packaging them with wireless plans.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
16 May 2025
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Desserts are wonderful old favorites, including plump profiteroles with a deep dark chocolate; succulent poached poire belle Hélène; and a hot apple tart that was crisp and sweet and had the real taste of good apples.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Parents can unwind with cocktails poolside or indulge at the spa while little ones immerse themselves in the SoBe Kids Club, designed for ages four to 12.—
Katie Lara,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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The Santa Monica pad existed mainly as the ultimate clubhouse, a place where Jimmy and a dozen or so regulars could indulge their obsession with padel.—
David T. Friendly,
Air Mail,
10 May 2025
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Guests peered into industrial kitchens to see students prepare their dishes, or sat in on demos ranging from how to make Belizean stewed chicken over coconut rice to an ice sculpture presentation by Trade-Tech professor Martin Gilligan.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2025
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When journeyman veteran Luis García’s ninth pitch to Suárez in the sixth was called a ball to walk in the go-ahead run, Prior stewed.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
10 May 2025
Verb
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There was tension to endure soon after half-time as Sparta Rotterdam equalized against PSV while Ajax nursed a one-goal lead at home against FC Twente to give it temporary command over the table.—
Jeff Rueter,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Eight hours later, Bickel was still there, nursing a beer on the patio while watching federal agents down the street walk in and out of the suspect’s house.—
Libor Jany,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2025
Verb
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But the tax cut bill also reignited months of simmering market anxiety about the stability of the US financial system and drove a sharp Treasury selloff as investors weighed the risks posed by estimates the bill would pile additional trillions onto the US debt.—
Phil Mattingly,
CNN Money,
22 May 2025
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The match simmered nicely in a very competitive first set before Alcaraz’s clay court cojones started to click.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Fortunately, many of its best hotels have pampering, restorative wellness amenities and programs.—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
25 May 2025
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Once Alicia was brought back to health, she was adopted into a loving home where she's now completely pampered and treated like a princess.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 May 2025
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“Coddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coddle. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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