as in to sweeten
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Rather than burning some of their assets to acquire a star, the Nets could take the opposite approach and serve as a salary dumping ground as long as other teams were willing to include draft picks and/or young prospects to sweeten the deal.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025 -
The rhubarb juices add just enough sweetness to perfectly sweeten the plain yogurt without having to add any honey.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2025
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While her older brother, Crown Prince Hussein, is the heir to the throne, Iman is not in the line of succession—and neither may her baby.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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The sensitive child of the bunch doesn’t need to be babied.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
28 Nov. 2023
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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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While many developers at the time settled for simple beeps and boops, Williams coaxed naturalistic environmental sounds from the silicon that modern audio designers, working with gigabytes of sampled audio, would still appreciate.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 Apr. 2025
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Nikola Jokic pump-faked from the top of the key, coaxing Milwaukee Bucks forward Kyle Kuzma’s right foot a step too high.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2025
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You’re not mollycoddled during the week and are expected to act as any professional crew member would.—
Helen Iatrou,
Robb Report,
14 Sep. 2023
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So football generally, and pro football specifically, helped reassure the country that American men were not mollycoddled softies.—
James Surowiecki,
New York Times,
19 Dec. 2019
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And yet, about four years ago, images of myself with flaxen hair started to wheedle their way into my brain and park there.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
4 Apr. 2025
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And soon thereafter, the mirror image: Sparks switches from playing wheedling Jerry to playing upright Bram in a harrowing scene with Arnold.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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Her pain and rage, her desire to be coddled and loved all announced itself with a furious punk purity.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
22 Mar. 2025
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Lucy was coddled to the point of depriving her of developing basic life skills.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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For those who haven’t had the pleasure of trying, cajoling sound out of a big shell isn’t easy.—
Abby Levene,
Outside Online,
20 Mar. 2025
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The United States, under President George H. W. Bush and then President Bill Clinton, continually either encouraged or cajoled the parties toward an agreement without specifying what that endgame entailed.—
Marwan Muasher,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2024
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“Dulcify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dulcify. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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