doting
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He didn’t even mention Artemis in his most recent State of the Union speech, instead doting on the U.S.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
However, Miranda added that the doting mother had "recovered well from her ordeal".
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
We’re a long way from Norman Rockwell’s Saturday Evening Post portraits of doting parents taking their rosy-cheeked children to the avuncular family doctor for back-to-school checkups.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
Marantos, who was born on March 13, 1955, grew up in Riverside and remembered her parents doting on their 3,000-square-foot lawn.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026
Occasionally one comes across parents who take the opposite line, who show no interest at all in their children, and these of course are far worse than the doting ones.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
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Matilda
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