as in to sweeten
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Sugar People with hypertension should avoid foods and drinks that are sweetened with sugar.—
Karen Shackelford,
Verywell Health,
13 May 2026 -
Better-tasting and better-for-you, these bran muffins are sweetened with maple syrup, tenderized with yogurt, and bake up light and fluffy in just 30 minutes.—
Victoria Spencer,
Martha Stewart,
12 May 2026
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The brothers were each two years apart in age, but younger siblings were never babied; Nick recalled being on the receiving end of numerous pummelings by his older brothers.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
30 Jan. 2026
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Each new piece was crafted to be simple, functional, and beautiful, giving parents peace of mind and babies a nurturing space to grow.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
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Celebrities to have already been pampered at the suite include house ambassadors Natalie Portman, Charlize Theron, Johnny Depp and Robert Pattinson.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
12 May 2026
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The separation pampered white prejudices and soothed white conscience and stomachs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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Jonathan Karis, an alumnus of Gramercy Tavern, takes the season’s bounty and coaxes it into its fullest expression — home cooking at its most virtuosic.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Aside from its rich taste coaxed in fruity olive oil, a tin is often less than four bucks.—
Nina Moskowitz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 May 2026
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You’re not mollycoddled during the week and are expected to act as any professional crew member would.—
Helen Iatrou,
Robb Report,
14 Sep. 2023
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So football generally, and pro football specifically, helped reassure the country that American men were not mollycoddled softies.—
James Surowiecki,
New York Times,
19 Dec. 2019
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Chef Albert was a restaurateur trying to wheedle a good review out of a tough restaurant critic.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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In a bid to rekindle the couple’s honeymoon phase, Yasmin troubleshoots by wheedling a chief executive role for him at payment processing company Tender (run by Max Minghella‘s inscrutable puppet-master Whitney Halberstram), and throwing her husband a lavish costume party for his 40th birthday.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
18 Jan. 2026
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No matter how much his disability impacted his daily routine, Nic notes that his parents never coddled him.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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That includes dishes such as shrimp po-boy toast with caviar, coddled egg with andouille and tasso, and old bay hollandaise.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
27 Apr. 2026
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Pat Verbeek had to be cajoled into talking about his selection as a finalist for the Jim Gregory Award, handed out to the NHL’s general manager of the year.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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There will also be a familiar face cajoling and encouraging, in the background as well as on the main public stages.—
Kamal Ahmed,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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“Dulcify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dulcify. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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