babied

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It also doesn’t include fellow all-star Tony Gonsolin because the Los Angeles Dodgers have so babied his development that he doesn’t have a 20-start season yet.

From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2022

I babied those potatoes so they would not brown.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2022

In bitter January temperatures, that range fell closer to 225 miles, no matter how I babied the throttle or dialed back on cabin temps.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2022

He and his collaborator, marine biologist Greg Rouse of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, babied the sensitive creatures, which require a constant supply of fresh seawater laden with the microbes they eat.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 27, 2021

She babied him, ignored him, teased him—did anything she felt like, and he was grateful just to see her do anything or be any way.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison