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spoon-fed

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past tense of spoon-feed

as in hand-fed

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filled

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The same recognition that filled convention halls also limited the roles he was offered elsewhere.

— Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026
Four years ago, crowds filled the central square of this southern port city, draped in Ukrainian flags and hugging the troops who had ended months of Russian occupation.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026

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