doting
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Doting on this brat is dangerous; a public hug would put a target on Sarah’s back.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025
Doting on his backyard laying hens, he often referred to himself as a “chicken mama.”
From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2022
Q. Re: Doting grandmother: If money is not an object, the letter writer could set aside money in a trust for granddaughter to go to college, should she so choose.
From Slate • Aug. 2, 2021
Doting grandparents who might normally pinch-hit on child care are less available because they’re at higher risk for covid-19.
From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2020
Still her hand is claimed and courted, Still she spurns her proudest suitors, Doting on a phantom passion, And upon her boy Pedrillo.
From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations by Lazarus, Emma
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