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“Radical transparency” and “radical acceptance” are terms that have been co-opted by TikTokers and AI chatbots to coddle people with therapy-speak until the terminology has lost all its meaning.

From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2026

Does Prada want to coddle you in an unravelling world?

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

A good fit for: Cooks who don’t want to coddle their pans and don’t mind a little oil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025

But when things are rough, we don’t have to coddle each other.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2025

“Ah, don’t coddle me. I know that my pronunciation is atrocious.”

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

A ballroom dancer who coddles his pet rats—Fred and Ginger—Declan rides a moped that his colleague, Sara Xiu, describes as “that pitiful hair-dryer on wheels.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

In Zimmerman’s final pick, Rose’s mother visits and friction ensues when Rose coddles her too much.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2025

In an interview with USA Today, Montana spoke on the lack of mental preparation that QB’s are entering the League with — suggesting contemporary college football’s coaching as a system that coddles its play-callers.

From Fox News ● Oct. 8, 2021

Things have definitely gotten weird, but the weirdness isn’t because Casey’s scared of Jacob or because Alexis coddles Casey.

From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2021

“Shall we have a look at that horse then? I doubt it’s anything serious. Marlena coddles them terribly. Oh, here’s the little lady now. Come here, darling,” he calls brightly.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

What the reporting revealed was a continuing debate over whether Gen Z is everything from coddled to unfairly stereotyped and how it will fare at work in the future.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Better equipped to mother Boy No. 2 or stricken with learned helplessness from being coddled by an expert on my phone day in and day out?

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

Dunk points out that his other two coddled sons, failures both, never lacked comfort.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026

Well, I suppose that’s better than him doing a Lincoln Riley and saying defensively, “There ain’t nobody taking more responsibility than I am,” but Ohtani sure made himself look coddled, didn’t he?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024

On the football field, Boobie was frequently reassured and coddled.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

But the report only briefly mentions grade inflation—which it calls a “flattening of distinction”—and fails to connect how coddling students leaves them less prepared for the workplace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Indeed, Secretary Warfighter’s need for constant coddling is being ever more severely exposed as this scandal unfolds.

From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2025

Next season, while the Lakers are on vacation, are we going to see Austin Reaves in the playoffs wearing another team’s uniform because the Lakers traded him while coddling an aged star?

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2025

The hosts of the summit treated the university, battered by accusations of coddling antisemitism, as a business-school case study on leadership in higher education, complete with a slide presentation on its plummeting reputation.

From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2024

He hath been sold at eight from his mother's side, and now must daily watch another boy enjoy coddling, plaudits, and idleness.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson