as in to sweeten
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The outdoor garden, pool and patio space make entertaining easy, and a rare two-car garage sweetens the deal even more.—
Julianna Duennes Russ,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Jan. 2026 -
Instead of sweetening it, the relatives clamped a sugar cube between their incisors and loudly sucked the tea through it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 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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Hummers are the smallest and lightest of birds, some weighing no more than a coin, some babies the size of a bean.—
Kate Siber,
Outside,
21 Oct. 2025
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Speaking of stepping out, the Garrison Club at Whistler Square offers everything residents need from pampering to entertaining without having to step foot out of the Chelsea Barracks community.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
27 Jan. 2026
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Then enjoy pampering at the spa, with treatments like the Chinese Deep Fusion Massage, which uses acupressure and European deep tissue techniques.—
Jennifer Kester,
Forbes.com,
18 Jan. 2026
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What Bednar has helped coax out of the Avalanche is nothing short of remarkable.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
11 Jan. 2026
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Vrabel, who played alongside Brady for Bill Belichick before establishing himself as a coach in Tennessee, led them to a 14-3 record while coaxing a possible MVP performance out of now-sophomore QB Drake Maye.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 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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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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After wheedling some cash from him, while Noon rifles through his backpack, Win convinces him to stay and teach some lessons.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
24 July 2025
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Then, in Los Angeles earlier this month, his locks were changed and the actor is now in need of a new permanent home to hang his designer cowboy hat and coddle his pets.—
Steve Garbarino,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Jan. 2026
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As recently as last April, Narasimhan told analysts on a conference call that Most Favored Nation pricing would be devastating for America, where drug companies had been coddled.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
18 Jan. 2026
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Fink cajoled CEOs onto the Congress Center’s main stage and pushed some WEF programming out into the wild.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Europe has long underspent on defense, and where American cajoling for decades had not worked, a few face slaps succeeded.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2026
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“Dulcify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dulcify. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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