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They all high-fived, asked about each other’s families and went to dote on Ali’s 1-year-old daughter — Krug’s granddaughter, Eloise — who wore a shirt that traversed 50 years of family and friendship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

Actor-comedian Anthony Anderson is a proud mama’s boy and loves to dote on his mother, Doris.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 23, 2023

As heartwarming as it is to see Andrés kiss and hug and dote on his daughters, the interactions are, literally, made for TV.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2022

He handles all the boring life matters like bills for us and I dote on him.

From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2022

Grandpa never could dote on two people at once.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

He dotes on “M-Pesa,” a 2007 Kenyan innovation that turns mobile-phone credit into money.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025

"She's super tiny, her breath smells so bad, and she doesn't have a meow," the singer dotes.

From BBC ● Jan. 19, 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

Data from Canada have shown that babies are effective transmitters of the coronavirus to other household members “because everybody dotes around the baby. So just be aware of that,” Chin-Hong said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2022

“Griff is different. He has a son he dotes on. Young Griff, the boy is called. There never was a nobler lad.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

He’s been well-educated in this bunker, even doted upon by all of these adults — his parents and the few others they allowed to come with them.

From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2024

A sweet little girl; the young lord of Storm's End had doted on her.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

I mean, his relationship with nostalgia was really complicated because on the one hand, he has this idyllic childhood in Binghamton, New York, you know: doting parents, popular kid, dated all over the place.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

In his statement, James O'Sullivan concluded: "Always kind-spirited, good humoured, a doting grandfather and a wonderful dad – I will miss him dearly."

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

"So am I," Kim replied, doting on the doll.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

After the raids, the quinceañera shops, normally packed with girls and doting mothers on weekends, often sat empty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

But who could control Jaimito, only son of his doting mother, unquestioned boss of his five sisters!

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez