as in spoiled
to treat with great or excessive care
refused to mollycoddle her malingering son and sent him off to school
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Then there are the therapy sessions themselves, but those needn’t be spoiled either.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
9 Sep. 2025 -
Holding on for a win on Saturday finally allowed the Padres to gain a game in the NL West on the on Dodgers, who lost a fifth straight when the Orioles spoiled a no-hitter with two outs and ultimately walked off a win.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Sep. 2025
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At one point Wednesday, the judge indulged their request to meet with Adelson and the attorneys at a side bar out of the public’s earshot.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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There’s humor in the script’s observation of the absurd degree to which celebrities are indulged, like the slice of cheesecake that keeps turning up because Jay once requested it and thereafter it was written into his rider.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
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Guests can sample new products, attend workshops, enjoy fashion shows or get pampered with on-the-spot makeovers.—
Tiffani Jackson Skinner,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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The feel of the hot desert air against my skin; being scrubbed, rubbed and pampered during my first hammam.—
Alysia Reiner,
Flow Space,
4 Sep. 2025
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Much of the audience is clearly children, the Gen Alpha tweens nursed on Cocomelon and Baby Shark hi-jinks.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
10 Sep. 2025
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Kershaw nursed the one-run lead through six innings.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
16 Aug. 2025
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While most art cars since the fifth installment had been cosseted, this one was present at the starting line for the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans.—
Trinity Francis,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Eric didn’t deserve to be gunned down, and the system failed him — the system that felt that juveniles needed to be coddled.—
Joe Dwinell,
Boston Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Call us coddled, or sensitive snowflakes, or whatever.—
Vivian Tu,
CNBC,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Mollycoddled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mollycoddled. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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