babied

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Lux missed all of last season after tearing two ligaments in his right knee in a freak spring-training baserunning mishap, and he acknowledged that he babied the surgically repaired knee in his return this season.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2024

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

He’s done so, supposedly, to care for Ginny, 34, who has Down syndrome but doesn’t want to be babied.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2022

I babied those potatoes so they would not brown.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2022

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