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One of his favorite moves is to humiliate people who are dumb enough to fawn over him.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2025

But with celebrity came ravenous attacks on social media from a Korean public that is as quick to criticize stars as it is to fawn over them.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2024

People will buy her Ivy Park line of athleisure and fawn over every photo shoot in which she models the clothes.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2023

The mayhem in New York City’s Union Square Friday afternoon put further focus on the hold social media influencers have on the people who follow and fawn over them.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2023

Her father brings her everywhere while she is small, parading her like a well-loved small dog in expensive gowns, for his colleagues and acquaintances to fawn over in pubs after performances.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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