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fawn over



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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

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

Perhaps most fun is watching Phoebe Robinson fawn over Hollywood’s blue eyes; least fun is watching everyone try to pronounce the Hanukkah doughnut “sufganiyot.”

From New York Times Nov. 9, 2023

Equity investors are bidding up tech megacaps as they fawn over the productivity-boosting potential of artificial intelligence.

From Reuters Jun. 16, 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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