fawning
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He attaches clippings of or links to fawning newspaper profiles and columns, but not to stories about what was happening in the civilian population of his country as it went through a crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
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
On Comedy Central, Stewart took a similar satirical approach, becoming a fawning and "patriotically obediant host" of an "all-new government approved Daily Show".
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2025
Her manner was fawning again, intimate and unpleasant.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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