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coddling



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However, he overlooks an obvious one: doting, coddling and enabling parents.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Indeed, Secretary Warfighter’s need for constant coddling is being ever more severely exposed as this scandal unfolds.

From Salon Dec. 3, 2025

Next season, while the Lakers are on vacation, are we going to see Austin Reaves in the playoffs wearing another team’s uniform because the Lakers traded him while coddling an aged star?

From Los Angeles Times May 31, 2025

The notion of creating a safe space for an audience to experience a work of theater tends to provoke the tough-guy purists, because it sounds like coddling.

From New York Times Apr. 22, 2024

Granville was a temperamental animal who needed coddling, and little time was left over for the Seabiscuits and Grogs of the stable.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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