dote
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Mostly, they dote on the kids, and cousins reconnect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025
Actor-comedian Anthony Anderson is a proud mama’s boy and loves to dote on his mother, Doris.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
He handles all the boring life matters like bills for us and I dote on him.
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2022
Buckner said Mitchell would often dote on her mother: letting her handle his gold necklaces and bracelets, bringing her candy bars and sometimes even spending his lunch breaks chatting in her room.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2021
You ain’t never seen a brother and sister dote upon each other the way Lily and Jackson do.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
The more George dotes on her, the more she tries to squirm free from the prison that has been prepared for her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
He dotes on “M-Pesa,” a 2007 Kenyan innovation that turns mobile-phone credit into money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
Despite his political career, Bazoum has retained his people’s devotion to livestock, keeping camels that he dotes on, Liman-Tinguiri said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2023
"He just dotes on her. She's everything to him. And you can see why - she's so beautiful and lovely."
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2022
“It would be a grand thing for one of those girls, wouldn’t it? Sallie says they are very intimate now, and the old man quite dotes on them.”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Of course, ABC would make one of its core players the gauzy focus of a post-Oscars special, doted on by many of the 22 women who came before Paul.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
Known to the children as “aunty” or “grandma,” Johnson would treat them to dips in the pool at the Raffles and doted on them at the center.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
His 69-year-old mother doted on him, cooking for him, rubbing his feet, and praying with him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
Danielle was the eldest of six daughters, her mum said, adding she doted on all her siblings, and they all looked up to her.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2025
Though Leah and Maggie remained estranged, both saw their youngest sister often, and doted on their one.year-old nephew.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
"So am I," Kim replied, doting on the doll.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
He didn’t even mention Artemis in his most recent State of the Union speech, instead doting on the U.S.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2026
She said her son, who had a life-long passion for cars, was the "most loving, laid-back, sensitive man" who was a doting father to his own son.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2026
We’re a long way from Norman Rockwell’s Saturday Evening Post portraits of doting parents taking their rosy-cheeked children to the avuncular family doctor for back-to-school checkups.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
She opened herself to new friends, the stern but doting Methodist faculty, and the school’s routine and rituals.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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