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sycophant

noun as in person who caters to another

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Consider a country where the press is filled with sycophants who do the bidding of the country’s leader.

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And it is all being fed by sycophants and henchmen who have created a self-reinforcing feedback loop.

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And while at first Oliver rules over a pack of sycophants, the power shifts.

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Presley and Parker grew distant, as Presley insulated himself with sycophants and his behavior both on and offstage grew increasingly erratic.

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His sanity looks long gone, and that doesn’t bode well for the country since there’s absolutely no chance the sycophants in his cabinet will invoke the 25th Amendment.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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