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fawned
verb as in ingratiate oneself to; serve
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In one meeting, a couple told The Times, Matthews fawned over an 8-week-old Boston terrier.
Wherever they travel along the coast, they’re feted, photographed and fawned over, especially by the locals.
“It’s disconcerting to me to see people who hate the church’s teaching getting fawned over by Pope Francis,” said screenwriter Barbara Nicolosi, a former nun who served on the board of a Busch nonprofit.
Shelton continued as Stefani wiped tears from her eyes and the crowd fawned over the punk and country pairing that both shocked and warmed the world.
Flipping through handed-down copies of Ebony and Jet magazines as a youth, she fawned over glamour shots of Black hit-makers such as Diana Ross and Smokey Robinson, all the while daydreaming about living in their country.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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