spoon-feed
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Staff started out by wearing bear masks and animal furs, then crawling into the enclosure to spoon-feed the cubs formula.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
He was not going to spoon-feed that to us.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
"I wanted someone to spoon-feed me information in a format that was easy."
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2021
Drivers can’t spoon-feed babies in a car seat, but they can hand them a tube of banana puffs and let them feed themselves.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 18, 2019
Better let them go to hell in their own way than attempt to spoon-feed them.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John
She spoon-feeds Knight as his condition worsens, and he eventually becomes her loyal friend.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
In another scene, his mum, Irene, spoon-feeds him.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2022
"Where the Crawdads Sing" often spoon-feeds viewers everything they need to know with oh so tender voiceovers, dialogue, and images that simply overstate the obvious.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2022
By monitoring our listening, the algo tries to figure out what we like, then spoon-feeds us some more.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2022
The young woman next to her spoon-feeds the old woman rice gruel.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
The broadcasters are spoon-fed a talking point while noting that the Bears have lost nine games in a row, including all three under interim coach Thomas Brown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2024
Other images include Susan being spoon-fed by her young granddaughter and her lying on her bed having forgotten how to dress herself.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2024
I was largely content to live within those musically monolithic walls, supremely enjoying the fact that I'd been spoon-fed "In Utero" since I was in utero.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2023
One of them, Shamim Salim, 26, was being spoon-fed soup by a well-wisher.
From Reuters ● Apr. 26, 2023
I suppose he had felt like a baby, being spoon-fed.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
My surgeon made sure to facilitate my physical transition as much as possible, spoon-feeding me talking points for insurance coverage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
In her own novels, NDiaye can’t be accused of spoon-feeding readers.
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
In a 2022 interview with The Times, the “Camp Rock” star declared that she was “done spoon-feeding myself to the media.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
If spoon-feeding a baby, that means waiting for them to open their mouth and put their head forward to start and stopping when they turn or push food away.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2022
He sat with Rowan, spoon-feeding him soup, and blotting where it spilled from his split, swollen lips.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
