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fawning

[faw-ning] / ˈfɔ nɪŋ /


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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 clip was underlaid by fawning discussion of his “mythical” rise from the outer boroughs to the White House.

From Salon • Jul. 13, 2025

Spago’s Wolfgang Puck makes an appearance in director Matt Tyrnauer’s half-interesting film, fawning over his longtime friend sitting next to him but not quite articulating the essence of their revolution: high-end branding.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025

"All I could see on the surface was all these people fawning over him. It was extremely humiliating and embarrassing."

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2025

I can barely keep my eyes from rolling out of my head the way he’s fawning over her.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland




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