dote
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Since the pair formed in 2018, fans have watched them weather freezing winter storms, incubate eggs and dote on fuzzy chicks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Actor-comedian Anthony Anderson is a proud mama’s boy and loves to dote on his mother, Doris.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
As heartwarming as it is to see Andrés kiss and hug and dote on his daughters, the interactions are, literally, made for TV.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 26, 2022
He handles all the boring life matters like bills for us and I dote on him.
From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2022
But Zalmai worshipped his father, and, because he did, he was transformed when his father was around to dote on him.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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She dotes on her husband, who suffers from dementia and comes to terms with all the paraphernalia and recordings from her career that she hoarded for decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
He dotes on “M-Pesa,” a 2007 Kenyan innovation that turns mobile-phone credit into money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
As Mina gets increasingly sick, her body withering away, her husband dotes on her: He washes her hair, helps her change, brings the sweetness of a fruit to her lips.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
"He just dotes on her. She's everything to him. And you can see why - she's so beautiful and lovely."
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2022
“Blackwood has six sons, but only the one daughter. He dotes on her. A snot-nosed little creature, couldn’t be more than seven.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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"We knew what kind of mum she would be because she doted on my two boys - her nephews," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
He doted on the music of Rachmaninoff when Rachmaninoff was unfashionable and on Steve Reich when Reich was found unfathomable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
Of course, ABC would make one of its core players the gauzy focus of a post-Oscars special, doted on by many of the 22 women who came before Paul.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
Known to the children as “aunty” or “grandma,” Johnson would treat them to dips in the pool at the Raffles and doted on them at the center.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
She lived on Long Island then, after roaming all over the country, in a small house with a Shinnecock sailor who doted on her to excess.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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In his statement, James O'Sullivan concluded: "Always kind-spirited, good humoured, a doting grandfather and a wonderful dad – I will miss him dearly."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Jury-rigging their electricity and doting on a dog named Jasper, they pass the time playing poker with stacks of now-useless greenbacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
"So am I," Kim replied, doting on the doll.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
After the raids, the quinceañera shops, normally packed with girls and doting mothers on weekends, often sat empty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
Beyond being a doting father, he regularly brought kids into the Oval Office to show them around.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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