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spoon-fed

verb

past tense of spoon-feed

as in hand-fed

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filled

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Tortelloni alla Napoletana features five spools of pasta filled with a rich short rib puree, with fresh sage butter.

— Connie Ogle July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Hundreds of firefighters, relatives and community residents filled a college arena for a funeral service for a Utah fire captain, his wife and three sons who were killed in a flash flood while on a camping trip.

— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 30 July 2026

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