as in to spoil
to treat with great or excessive care
overjoyed to be parents at last, they will likely cocker that child shamelessly
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Dodge won't spoil the surprise by confirming if the last one will be based on the Charger or the Challenger (or maybe both), but the evidence suggests the latter is more likely.—
Jack Fitzgerald,
Car and Driver,
13 Feb. 2023 -
Farmers’ broiler chickens suffocate, and dairy products spoil.—
Monica Mark,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Feb. 2023
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The result, especially given the absence of Davis (nursing an abdominal strain), was among the most impressive of the season for the Lakers and snapped a five-game winning streak for the Knicks (32-17).—
Khobi Price,
Orange County Register,
2 Feb. 2025
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Mothers often carry their children until age 5, nurse them until age 8, and continue to teach them well beyond that.—
Cody Cottier,
Discover Magazine,
28 Jan. 2025
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While her older brother, Crown Prince Hussein, is the heir to the throne, Iman is not in the line of succession—and neither may her baby.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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The sensitive child of the bunch doesn’t need to be babied.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
28 Nov. 2023
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Staff Picks: Our 10 Most Anticipated Albums of 2025 Beginning with Ethel Cain, mothers will be mothering all throughout the year.—
James Factora,
Them,
16 Jan. 2025
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Officials estimate that Wisdom has produced 50 to 60 eggs in her lifetime and has mothered as many as 30 chicks.—
Gabriella Rudy,
NBC News,
6 Dec. 2024
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Spending your days pampering other people can foster a deep feeling of longing to be the one being fed and massaged.—
Noel Murray,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2025
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Learn how to tie knots from the crew, sit up front with the captain, talk shop with lecturers, pamper yourself in the spa, or enjoy the privacy of the spacious and luxurious cabins, many with private balconies and full-size soaking tubs.—
Jeri Clausing,
AFAR Media,
16 Dec. 2024
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Their trip to Doha, Qatar, included cultural dinners, traditional garb, sightseeing, and hookah indulging, leaving Todd feeling right at home.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
29 Jan. 2025
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But the initial episodes get swept up in recapping the past few years of political events while indulging adult perspectives that feel outdated, if not outright regressive.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2025
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Unfortunately, our entire national ideology is predicated on coddling the feelings of women and minorities, and demoralizing competent white men.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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For either short trips to the store or long, leisurely road trips the E 450 is made to coddle you.—
Kristin Shaw,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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An hour later, Musk took X to New York and dandled him on his knee while being photographed for Time.—
Jill Lepore,
The New Yorker,
11 Sep. 2023
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The day after the election, Taaz Robinson, a fellow third-year, posted a picture on Buckingham’s Facebook page of Donald Trump as an infant being dandled by Vladimir Putin.—
Tara Bahrampour,
Washington Post,
12 Oct. 2017
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“Cocker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cocker. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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