spoon-fed
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Surely, the viewer can put two and two together on their own to decipher a deeper meaning within the text without the message being spoon-fed to them.
From Salon • Aug. 8, 2025
He believes viewers should be active participants and not just have everything spoon-fed to them.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2024
Other images include Susan being spoon-fed by her young granddaughter and her lying on her bed having forgotten how to dress herself.
From BBC • Jan. 5, 2024
One of them, Shamim Salim, 26, was being spoon-fed soup by a well-wisher.
From Reuters • Apr. 26, 2023
He had opened a can of mixed vegetables for her, and then spoon-fed her, so she wouldn’t have to take out her arms.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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