coddle
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I just think one of the cruelest things you can do is to coddle your child in a false reality versus helping them figure out the real reality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Does Prada want to coddle you in an unravelling world?
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
But when things are rough, we don’t have to coddle each other.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2025
This is all so he can coddle his sulky, wild teenage son while expecting Carrie to limit all extracurricular cuddles to her adopted kitty, Shoe.
From Salon ● May 29, 2025
Mom, acid-eyes: You coddle her, you let her call the shots.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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
All of which meant that Gross was a natural for “The Last of Us Part II,” a game that coddles no one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2020
“She doesn’t belong to us. We can’t keep her,” warns Tom as his wife coddles the babe under lamplight.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2016
“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
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
But the culture has been kind of coddled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2025
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
He could never leave Ma and her delicious cooking; his sister, Rupa, who coddled and teased him; and Baba, who protected and provided for all of them.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
Yet while the justices care not a fig for coddling the president, they do have a deep interest in the reputation of their own institution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
Indeed, Secretary Warfighter’s need for constant coddling is being ever more severely exposed as this scandal unfolds.
From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2025
But, at the same time, Munn is someone who does not want any special treatment or kid-glove coddling because of what she has experienced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 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
At least this explained why Kaz had been coddling Wylan and sending jobs his way.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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