as in adoring
to love or admire too much
doted on her only grandchild
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adoring
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He was officially unveiled as a Real Madrid player in front of 80,000 adoring fans at the Bernabeu a week later and reported for pre-season training in early August after a brief summer break largely spent in Miami and Los Angeles.—
Tom Williams,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025 -
As Jack Lang writes today, the Brazilians cannot bottle lightning in the way Argentina have and their adoring public are switching off.—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Doting (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doting%20%28on%29. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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