as in to fuss
to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior
a student who could not wait to fawn over the new teacher
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Recent Examples of fawn
But this newsletter is more focused on how Trump and his fawning functionaries speak about and for him.
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Chris Brennan, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Their Instagram announcement—a carousel of the couple's lavish garden engagement photoshoot—has been liked more than 35 million times since it was posted on August 26, with Swifties around the world fawning over the singer's gigantic ring.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
President Bill Clinton gave a speech about the historic moment, but the media coverage was not uniformly fawning.
—F.d. Flam, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2025
Ice Spice takes the baton, rapping about how her figure and beauty always keep the guys fawning over her every word.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Chris Brennan, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Their Instagram announcement—a carousel of the couple's lavish garden engagement photoshoot—has been liked more than 35 million times since it was posted on August 26, with Swifties around the world fawning over the singer's gigantic ring.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
President Bill Clinton gave a speech about the historic moment, but the media coverage was not uniformly fawning.
—F.d. Flam, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2025
Ice Spice takes the baton, rapping about how her figure and beauty always keep the guys fawning over her every word.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fawn
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With five blades sandwiched between two moisturizing bars, this razor speeds up the entire process (no fussing around with shaving cream), nourishing dry skin and making nicks a rare occurrence.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Others might tell you that hosting an awards show is a thankless gig, but Bargatze doesn’t seem fussed.—
Lacey Rose,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Knott’s culinary and bakery teams have created a feast for our Instagram feeds that will make our followers drool and want to head into the fog during the 52nd installment of Scary Farm.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
15 Sep. 2025
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Thank you to this show for giving us so many things to drool over every season.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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The Empire was a sinister, one-note shadow: faceless Storm Troopers, toadying fascistic generals, a cackling emperor, and of course Darth Vader, an enigmatic demon masked and cloaked in black.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
25 Apr. 2025
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The only other psychological need that rivals his thirst for toadying is the pursuit of .—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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Unless Trump’s art of the deal is all about truckling to Putin.—
Maureen Dowd,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
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During the campaign, most of Trump’s fallen rivals blasted him in exceptional terms—before truckling to support him against Hillary Clinton.—
James Fallows,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2017
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That model, however, may be irrelevant once kowtowing to Trump becomes the essential task of every corporation.—
Steve Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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Clinging to its China dream, kowtowing to Beijing, does not guarantee an open market.—
Dewardric L. McNeal,
CNBC,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Fawn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fawn. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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