fawning
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But behind closed doors, NATO’s European leaders seem also to have done enough of the same fawning to win over Trump—at least according to Trump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
What a perfectly prescient metaphor for how these fawning chatbots use up all of the stores of our compassion.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
Macron, under pressure to show he is not fawning over Trump, has already said the evening at Versailles will not be a "gala" dinner.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
But The Hollywood Reporter describes the film as "pretty polished and as featherweight as a fawning magazine puff piece".
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
Khanum Taheri’s chaperoning made our meetings, if not gossip-proof, then less gossip-worthy, even if her borderline fawning on me clearly embarrassed Soraya.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
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