1
as in nursing
to give milk to from the breast
wet-nursed the woman's baby until she was well enough to do it herself
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2
as in spoiling
to treat with great or excessive care
recent college grads quickly learn that employers won't wet-nurse them the way that their teachers did
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With Hubbard nursing a calf injury, Dowdle was a certified workhorse in the backfield.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Oct. 2025 -
Judah The movie version of Laura is very much single, still nursing the heartache of her break-up with fellow journalist Ben (David Ajala), who is also on the cruise.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Oct. 2025
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And without spoiling anything, Morgan gets to do a lot more this time around.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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Arsenal host Chelsea in the coming weeks, a two-pronged opportunity for both spoiling and redemption.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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The other people Ye tries to big-foot into indulging his perverse Peter Pan complex fare more poorly.—
Derek Robertson,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Oct. 2025
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Whether that’s indulging Wes Anderson’s imagination (as a three-time member of his ever-growing ensemble) or producing her own projects, Johansson always manages to surprise.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Wet-nursing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wet-nursing. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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