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as in to spoil
to treat with great or excessive care
accused the judiciary of coddling criminals
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Recent Examples of coddle
Police officers, in my view, coddled Lorincz and failed to protect her Black neighbors, Owens among them.
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025
As children, Keaton often dismissed her younger brother as a crybaby, scaredy cat and a nuisance who was coddled by their mother.
—Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 26 Dec. 2025
The wrecking-ball style is the way King played even at Longview (Texas) High, where his father was the coach, and didn’t coddle or protect his son, as Dickey remembers.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Campbell has accused the SCORE Act of disadvantaging these groups while coddling the NCAA.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 Oct. 2025
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025
As children, Keaton often dismissed her younger brother as a crybaby, scaredy cat and a nuisance who was coddled by their mother.
—Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 26 Dec. 2025
The wrecking-ball style is the way King played even at Longview (Texas) High, where his father was the coach, and didn’t coddle or protect his son, as Dickey remembers.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Campbell has accused the SCORE Act of disadvantaging these groups while coddling the NCAA.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coddle
Verb
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For now, the anger appeared to have simmered but is expected to boil.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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Aim for just before boiling (195 to 205°F) for French press coffee.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2026
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That made kid gloves the perfect choice for a servant handling fine silverware, where even a fingerprint could spoil the dinner presentation.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
4 Feb. 2026
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The Clippers tried to spoil the party, but Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets rode the good vibes of his return across the finish line.—
Oc Register,
Oc Register,
31 Jan. 2026
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The decline in their population is driven largely by human activity, including habitat loss from logging and mining, as well as poaching and armed conflict in their native range in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to conservationists.—
Chaewon Chung,
Sacbee.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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Their populations are threatened by habitat loss, human-elephant conflict, and poaching, the World Wildlife Fund, one of the world's leading conservation organizations, stated on its website.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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Set directly on 600 feet of beachfront, the hotel boasts an outdoor beach club, four pools, and an 18,000-square-foot wellness center, which encompasses the Bamford Wellness Spa and Anatomy gym (drop the kids off at Seedlings kids club to fully indulge).—
Devorah Lev-Tov,
Robb Report,
5 Feb. 2026
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And don’t forget that everything is all-inclusive—even lobster—so why not indulge?—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Feb. 2026
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Other cast members include sous chef Alesia Harris, who returned from Season 3, stews Jenna Woudberg and Joe Caron, deckhands Eddy Hounsell and Betul Yazici, and deck/stew Mike Durrant.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
2 Feb. 2026
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Fruit flavors taste stewed instead of fresh.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
25 Jan. 2026
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This is a fast-track nursing degree program for individuals who hold a bachelor’s degree in a field other than nursing.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
3 Feb. 2026
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Women dominate among American stars, including alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin, snowboarder Chloe Kim and downhill skier Lindsay Vonn, making a comeback at 41 and nursing a knee injury but still hopeful to compete.—
Greg Cote
February 1,
Miami Herald,
1 Feb. 2026
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Armenia and Azerbaijan turned to Trump to resolve a simmering dispute over a transportation corridor.—
Alan Cullison,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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The simmering dispute has become a geopolitical flashpoint between Washington and Beijing, with Panama caught in the crossfires.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
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One way to do so is to pamper that person as much as possible.—
Metro Creative Services,
Boston Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
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Your dinner-party guests will soon be pampered with all things angels, roses, and the sort of preppy-chic ribbons that not only grace the hair of Robbie’s character but have also been pivotal in her IRL press-tour ensembles as of late.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Coddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coddle. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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