cosset

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In spaces where provocation is essential — opinion columns, universities and law schools in particular — it discourages the challenging of orthodoxy in favor of the comfortable cosseting of preexisting views.

From Washington Post

But she's been sheltered and cosseted from the demands of motherhood her entire life.

From Salon

Mr. Gilfix drew on his own experience to cosset Ms. Golosker, transforming her predicament into something very romantic, she said, as both were attuned to the fragility of life.

From New York Times

And when the Six-Day War breaks out during their trip, they face a choice: to remain abroad, in cosseted academia, or return home to upheaval.

From New York Times

Most people live cosseted in the vague belief that their existence and the work that they do are essentially nondestructive, but hardly anyone in our era could really say that about themselves.

From New York Times