as in nursed
to treat with great or excessive care
the college president is a past master at dandling wealthy alumni
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The Rams nursed a slim three-point lead when both teams headed to their respective locker rooms at the end of the second quarter.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
11 Jan. 2026 -
For any of us who have ever nursed private, unseemly doubts or jealousies, Arnett is a tonic.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Dec. 2025
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Since the totality is gracing Libya and Egypt, clear skies are almost guaranteed for the astounding event—a welcome piece of news for anyone who remembers the clouds that spoiled visibility in parts of North America during the 2024 eclipse.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Jan. 2026
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Until one moment spoiled everything.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
8 Jan. 2026
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Seibert’s niece, said her uncle indulged his love of travel the past three years, even going on a road trip to his old haunts in Washington, Idaho and Montana.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026
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As for whether whims like that need to be indulged, Mayer, perhaps not surprisingly, is on the side of the talent.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
5 Jan. 2026
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Police officers, in my view, coddled Lorincz and failed to protect her Black neighbors, Owens among them.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Dec. 2025
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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
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Outside the woods the whole world babied her.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
8 Oct. 2025
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Jean’s mama reproached her for not having been more careful and babied Wole, ordering him to remove his T-shirt and retrieving an aloe lotion, telling him to stretch out on the couch and instructing Jean to spread it over the tender areas.—
David Wright Faladé,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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Was Lawrence truly pampered by previous Jags coaches?—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Dec. 2025
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Instead, the interactive event, filmed right in Murgatroyd and Chmerkovskiy’s kitchen, explored the most worth-it purchases of the season for everyone on the list, from the trend-aware mom to the woman who loves being pampered.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
8 Dec. 2025
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“Dandled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dandled. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.
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