overprotective
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A brash and confident young earthbending prodigy, Toph moonlights as a champion fighter called the Blind Bandit, unbeknownst to her overprotective upper-class parents who think their little girl is helpless.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
For many years American Jewish writing seemed to be all about sons—sons launched from Chicago, Brooklyn and the Bronx, sons of overprotective mothers, comics punning on “the son also rises.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
That can make people vulnerable, and it can also make well-intentioned children overprotective.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 1, 2025
Chloe Rist, Mason's sister, told the court how their family had been overprotective of him "because he was so vulnerable and harmless".
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2024
“Uh, no. They’re cool. They’re just kinda overprotective, I guess.”
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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