as in spoils
to treat with great or excessive care
refused to mollycoddle her malingering son and sent him off to school
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Telling more than that spoils what happens.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026 -
This post spoils the finale of the first season of Rooster on HBO and HBO Max.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
10 May 2026
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Her father — struggling with poverty and the grief over his wife's death — wants to shoot it, but Jessica secretly nurses the animal back to health, bringing her closer to her father in the process.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
25 Nov. 2025
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But instead of paranoia, Spielberg indulges openness.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
9 June 2026
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But there are limits to how much Jim Gines mentally indulges the war.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
24 May 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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Some will argue that focusing on these issues coddles skeptics and slows necessary transformation.—
Ajay Pundhir,
Forbes.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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What is the thing that drives them, pleases them, hurts them?—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
3 Dec. 2025
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Igor scans the workbench, ultimately choosing a box of candies and mints, a delightfully absurd solution that still pleases his master.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Mollycoddles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mollycoddles. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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