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hand-feeding

verb

present participle of hand-feed

as in spoon-feeding

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filling

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Silicon Valley’s bet that billions of agents will be out ordering food, booking travel, and filling up their humans’ shopping carts is running into an (admittedly early) reality check.

— Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 2026
The Dodgers hired former Miami Marlins hitting coach Pedro Guerrero, filling the one opening on their coaching staff.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026

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