fawning
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Macron, under pressure to show he is not fawning over Trump, has already said the evening at Versailles will not be a "gala" dinner.
From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026
Kelly Loeffler, the administrator of the Small Business Administration, was especially fawning.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
The correspondence shows Karp, a consigliere to NFL owners and the head of Citigroup, thanking Epstein with fawning emails for having him to one of his dinner parties.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
The culprits were Gen-Zers fawning over how cute cozy Snoopy was, often on social media.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
He was more fawning and would-be friendly; but Sam surprised some strange looks in his eyes at times, especially towards Frodo; and he went back more and more into his old manner of speaking.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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