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coddle

[kod-l] / ˈkɒd l /


VERB
boil lightly, usually eggs
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Does Prada want to coddle you in an unravelling world?

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

A good fit for: Cooks who don’t want to coddle their pans and don’t mind a little oil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

But when things are rough, we don’t have to coddle each other.

From Slate • Sep. 29, 2025

In a post on X, he added: "My job is to advance America's national interests, not waste taxpayer money or coddle anti-Americanism."

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2025

“Ah, don’t coddle me. I know that my pronunciation is atrocious.”

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros