fawning
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Kelly Loeffler, the administrator of the Small Business Administration, was especially fawning.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
But The Hollywood Reporter describes the film as "pretty polished and as featherweight as a fawning magazine puff piece".
From BBC • May 1, 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 term carries an intensely pejorative connotation in the group and speaks to the imbalance of power between the singer and his fawning entourage.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025
“Veturius,” Faris grunts at me, and I’m relieved that he doesn’t treat me with the same fawning awe as everyone else.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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