as in nursed
to treat with great or excessive care
the college president is a past master at dandling wealthy alumni
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The textile mill that gave Berkshire its name was the original bad business, one Buffett nursed for 20 years before finally shutting it down.
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In the final four games of the season last year, the Cowboys elected to move Smith to the left tackle spot while Guyton nursed nagging injuries with Dallas out of playoff contention.
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And the Belmont Stakes was run at Aqueduct for five years in the 1960s, with possible Triple Crowns being spoiled in 1964 and 1966.
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The service Maldivian service at its sunniest—upbeat, amiable and intuitive enough to know when guests want to be spoiled or left alone.
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At the same time, centrists swung against a left that had indulged its purist tendencies.
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This ideal of masculinity is not a patriarch but a perpetual adolescent, endlessly irresponsible and endlessly indulged.
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They shouldn’t be coddled; instead, they should be challenged.
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She has been coddled and cloistered within her city, but the spreading vegetation interferes with that way of life.
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The brothers were each two years apart in age, but younger siblings were never babied; Nick recalled being on the receiving end of numerous pummelings by his older brothers.
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Outside the woods the whole world babied her.
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The cows are pampered with melodious poetry describing their beauty and calling them by their names.
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Under Meza, player cliques developed, stars were pampered, discipline waned.
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“Dandled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dandled. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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