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as in to spoil
to treat with great or excessive care
accused the judiciary of coddling criminals
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Recent Examples of coddle
As Colvin learned soon after landing in central Florida, the profession doesn’t coddle its newcomers.
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Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
The interior is a soft, brushed fleece that coddles my skin while a smooth, tightly woven exterior protects against wind and moisture.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 23 Dec. 2024
How Tyler, Hannah, and Ramses get so coddled #LoveIsBlind7Reunion
— lia ˙˚°✰ (@aesthetic_ly_me) October 31, 2024
The Truth Behind Tyler's Paternity Scandal
One of the season's most shocking revelations involved Tyler Francis fathering a son and set of twins.
—Giana Levy, refinery29.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Through flood, earthquake, and subsidence, the Goose was coddled like a pedigree bird at a cost of US$1 million a year until Hughes died in 1976 after years of decline into Las Vegas penthouse seclusion and bizarre eccentricity.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
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Brendan I. Koerner, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
The interior is a soft, brushed fleece that coddles my skin while a smooth, tightly woven exterior protects against wind and moisture.
—The Editors, Outside Online, 23 Dec. 2024
How Tyler, Hannah, and Ramses get so coddled #LoveIsBlind7Reunion
— lia ˙˚°✰ (@aesthetic_ly_me) October 31, 2024
The Truth Behind Tyler's Paternity Scandal
One of the season's most shocking revelations involved Tyler Francis fathering a son and set of twins.
—Giana Levy, refinery29.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Through flood, earthquake, and subsidence, the Goose was coddled like a pedigree bird at a cost of US$1 million a year until Hughes died in 1976 after years of decline into Las Vegas penthouse seclusion and bizarre eccentricity.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coddle
Verb
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Save water from boiling foods to make soups, cook rice, and prepare other foods.—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
21 Feb. 2025
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Add pasta sauce and broth; boil until tender: Add pasta sauce to skillet.—
Melissa Gray,
Southern Living,
20 Feb. 2025
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Dodge won't spoil the surprise by confirming if the last one will be based on the Charger or the Challenger (or maybe both), but the evidence suggests the latter is more likely.—
Jack Fitzgerald,
Car and Driver,
13 Feb. 2023
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Farmers’ broiler chickens suffocate, and dairy products spoil.—
Monica Mark,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Feb. 2023
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The case was submitted to the Modoc County District Attorney’s Office, which initiated the prosecution of Davis for poaching crimes, the release said.—
Rick Hurd,
The Mercury News,
12 Feb. 2025
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Thieves poached about 100,000 eggs from the back of a distribution trailer, authorities in Pennsylvania said.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC News,
4 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The national community could be knit together without indulging the chauvinism of belligerence.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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And sure, while indulging ourselves with a $400 tin of caviar isn’t exactly akin to buying a tube of lipstick for most of us, the sentiment is valid.—
Allyson Reedy,
The Denver Post,
19 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Another beef kofta, roasted potatoes, and stewed okra.—
Matt Dutile,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2025
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Signature mains generally involve a rice or potato base with slow-cooked and stewed meats — a middle ground between Indian and Mediterranean fitting of Yemen's geography.—
Andrew King,
Axios,
27 Jan. 2025
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That’s so her milk won’t be wasted nursing her children.—
Michael Freeman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
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What's next: The company and the court will face an uphill climb to nurse the company back to health in an environment where investors have soured on electric vehicles and companies have pulled back on their EV plans.—
Michael Flaherty,
Axios,
19 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The dueling letters from Sassoon in New York and Bove in Washington laid bare in starkly personal language the gravity of a simmering, behind-the-scenes dispute over the handling of one of the Justice Department’s most significant current public corruption cases.—
Larry Neumeister,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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But Ringel’s script, which manages to skirt cheap laughs throughout, locates unexpected depth when a combination of carnal frustration, bad news and simmering resentments set the central pair against each other in earnest.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Spending your days pampering other people can foster a deep feeling of longing to be the one being fed and massaged.—
Noel Murray,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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Learn how to tie knots from the crew, sit up front with the captain, talk shop with lecturers, pamper yourself in the spa, or enjoy the privacy of the spacious and luxurious cabins, many with private balconies and full-size soaking tubs.—
Jeri Clausing,
AFAR Media,
16 Dec. 2024
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“Coddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coddle. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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