coddle
Example Sentences
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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
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