fawning
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It is an unusually nuanced take on a subject that too often generates reflexive fulminating or fawning, and a truly auspicious start to the New Museum’s new chapter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
The culprits were Gen-Zers fawning over how cute cozy Snoopy was, often on social media.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025
The first hour-and-forty-five minutes should have just featured the effusive fawning praise from Cabinet members and self-congratulations parading as insight from Donny.
From Salon • Aug. 29, 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
“You should have heard yourself, fawning on him, talking to him, singing with him, oh gods, all night; you should have heard yourself!”
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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