as in drooled
to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm
pundits who should have known better effused endlessly about this idealistic but naive senator
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For years, college coaches and NBA scouts have drooled over the potential of Stokes, a likely 2027 lottery pick.—
Lindsay Schnell,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026 -
Keong says these pillow protectors slide easily over her puffiest pillows, wash up well at the laundromat, and help prevent her new pillows from getting too drooled-on to be presentable for overnight guests.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
23 Sep. 2025
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Ricci raved about Griffin’s IQ on the floor.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
9 May 2026
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Redick raved about what James meant to his team not only Friday night but throughout the season.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 May 2026
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Streep gushed during a rewatch of some of her most famous movies with Vanity Fair.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
1 May 2026
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Weeks before Jason gushed over Kylie on Tuesday's panel, the Not Gonna Lie host hilariously revealed that the former NFL star spells one of their daughter's names incorrectly.—
Natasha Dye,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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Todaro hopes those who have never been to the opera come away enthused, comparing it to when someone first tastes an unfamiliar dish.—
Jocheved Cohen,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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Linn was less enthused about bringing de Mille’s choreography to the big screen for the dance sequence in the 1955 film.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
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Lately, Fuentes has rhapsodized about Jeffrey Epstein and Obama.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Transcendentalist writers, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, rhapsodized over nature representing the divine spirt of God.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
22 Nov. 2025
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“Effused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effused. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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