as in adores
to love or admire too much
doted on her only grandchild
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For Fatima, a practicing Muslim who adores her parents, the stakes feel even higher.
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Either way, Gale adores this team and Brunson’s captaincy, and the constant comparisons to Reed’s team and captaincy back in the day.
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Instead, Peltier likes to think of it as adding intentional pauses into the rhythm of a home.
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The video has more than four million views on TikTok and X and some 175,000 Instagram likes.
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“Dotes (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dotes%20%28on%29. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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