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sycophantic

adjective as in ingratiating

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Musk’s sycophantic relationship with Trump is spawning a litany of jokes across multiple media fronts.

But maybe Cohn just wants to bask in Trump’s sycophantic hero worship of him?

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But for the most part, Trump was always uncomfortable around the military, maybe because it's not in their nature to sycophantically tell him what he wants to hear.

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It's not unheard of for powerful men to reward former enemies if they are properly remorseful and are willing to demonstrate their newfound fealty in the most public sycophantic fashion.

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They don’t urge sycophantic followers to resist legislative compromise because a border crisis or other problem serves their political ends.

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

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