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fawning

[faw-ning] / ˈfɔ nɪŋ /


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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

The correspondence shows Karp, a consigliere to NFL owners and the head of Citigroup, thanking Epstein with fawning emails for having him to one of his dinner parties.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Spago’s Wolfgang Puck makes an appearance in director Matt Tyrnauer’s half-interesting film, fawning over his longtime friend sitting next to him but not quite articulating the essence of their revolution: high-end branding.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025

At the sight of the emerald ring, their puzzled expressions disappeared and they began fawning on her shamelessly, for surely this was an English princess on holiday!

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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