as in adoring
to love or admire too much
doted on her only grandchild
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Rob-Will has the support of his adoring wildchild daughter, Oreana (Natalie Alyn Lind), but not of openly distrustful Rip, who gave the gun-toting Rob-Will that punch felt around the Dutton universe in their gas station first meeting.
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Go find your own stadium of adoring fans.
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Mother African Union Church was founded decades before Juneteenth, born out of racist policies and structures that excluded people of African descent from worshipping freely.
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In the entry, a ditsy print (Schumacher’s Margie Floral in Porcelain) climbs up the walls and carries the blue-and-white combo upstairs, where the primary suite embraces those same sky-worshipping shades—a tip of the hat to the scenery outside.
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At issue today is whether or not liking social media posts is an angerable offence on a reality television program.
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The double-decker style gives you two stories to personalize to your liking whether a downstairs café and upstairs studio apartment or a guesthouse for visitors.
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“Doting (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doting%20%28on%29. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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