coddle

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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

A short yelp and hard thud later, he was sprawled in the floor, his castmates rushing forward to coddle him, leaving Old Petey and Young Petey alone to talk.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles