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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
The price per copy is $110,000, but buyers will be getting a highly specialized - and uniquely powerful - motorcycle that can hustle around a racetrack but still coddle the rider on a weekend getaway.
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William Roberson, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
There is so much middle ground between throwing an adult child out and coddling.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Art historians, architects, engineers and master artisans spent six years restoring a 14th-century royal palace and turning it into the coddling nine-room Riad Fes Maya at the medina’s edge.
—Ann Abel, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
By contrast, Republicans say, Democrats coddle criminals and disparage police.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
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William Roberson, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
There is so much middle ground between throwing an adult child out and coddling.
—R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Art historians, architects, engineers and master artisans spent six years restoring a 14th-century royal palace and turning it into the coddling nine-room Riad Fes Maya at the medina’s edge.
—Ann Abel, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
By contrast, Republicans say, Democrats coddle criminals and disparage police.
—Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coddle
Verb
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While boiling some rigatoni on the stovetop, simply toss whole cherry tomatoes, olive oil, salt, and pepper in a casserole dish and place two pucks of Boursin’s garlic-and-herb blend in the center.—
Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
13 Mar. 2025
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Many past infrared telescopes used cryogenic coolant to chill their detectors, but this is a finite resource that gradually boils off in space, limiting mission lifetimes.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
13 Mar. 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
Verb
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Skip the butter on veggies or meats by air frying, poaching, or steaming.—
Sarah Garone,
Health,
18 Mar. 2025
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Last season, Johnson led a turnaround and the Gophers went 19-15, but programs with more NIL money poached two of the team's top players by offering them more lucrative deals, the Pioneer Press reported.—
Nick Halter,
Axios,
12 Mar. 2025
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Pileggi can’t write outside of his own sandbox, which means that DeNiro indulges the usual nefariousness.—
Armond White,
National Review,
21 Mar. 2025
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Go the practical route and indulge her with a new pan from one of our favorite brands.—
Brie Schwartz,
Glamour,
19 Mar. 2025
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With these four tools, a home cook is able to accomplish a large swath of stovetop tasks in the kitchen: pan frying, deep frying, sautéing, boiling, braising, searing, stewing, saucing, melting, tempering, steaming, and the list goes on.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appétit,
12 Mar. 2025
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And look, getting passed over sucks, but instead of stewing, start asking why.—
Sho Dewan,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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At this historical moment, middle- and upper-class European women were increasingly urged to nurse their own babies for growing fear that wet nurses—usually of lower social rank, and sometimes another race—contributed to infant mortality.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Mar. 2025
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With Concerning Elbow Injury Rafael Devers Injury: Alex Cora Gives Concerning Update On Red Sox Star Devers has been nursing a shoulder injury which hampered him in 2024.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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The series is less a procedural crime drama than a social portrait diving headfirst into the simmering cultural anxiety around boys and young men in the age of incels, male dislocation, and toxic podcasts.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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Some soups simmer for hours, developing layers of flavor that take us back to slow dinners at Grandma’s house.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2025
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After recovering from Hurricane Helene, the opulent, castle-like inn is back to pampering guests at every turn.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
11 Mar. 2025
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Despite the luxury and pampering the resort has to offer, the true highlight of Platte Island is the Indian Ocean itself.—
Jason Chau,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Coddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coddle. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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