as in to sweeten
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These chocolate truffle bars are sweetened with raw organic honey, something rarely seen at scale, sourced from both Brazil and Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula.—
Andrew Watman,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025 -
They’re made with simple ingredients like nut butters, dark chocolate, and flaxseed oil, and are sweetened with organic honey.—
Jenny McCoy,
Glamour,
7 Mar. 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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Pooches will be pampered with puppuccinos and even a doggy butler!—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Want to hang out with George and Amal Clooney on Italy’s Lake Como and be pampered to the hilt, all for a good cause?—
Nick Vivarelli for Variety,
Robb Report,
13 Mar. 2025
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As the ball tracked toward the hole, play-by-play and color announcers Shane Bacon and Doug Smith coaxed it into the hole.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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Last season, with Fudd and Aubrey Griffin out with injuries and a bench pared down to the bare minimum, Auriemma coaxed the Huskies back to the Final Four, where a last-second foul took away their chance to overcome Caitlin Clark and Iowa.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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You’re not mollycoddled during the week and are expected to act as any professional crew member would.—
Helen Iatrou,
Robb Report,
14 Sep. 2023
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So football generally, and pro football specifically, helped reassure the country that American men were not mollycoddled softies.—
James Surowiecki,
New York Times,
19 Dec. 2019
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And soon thereafter, the mirror image: Sparks switches from playing wheedling Jerry to playing upright Bram in a harrowing scene with Arnold.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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Then Fleischmann, after attending a particularly high-spirited wedding, regained his confidence and wheedled an additional investment from his family.—
David Remnick,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Unlike Proctor, who continues to be pampered and coddled by the brass for his atrocious misbehavior, Cournoyer was run out of the State Police.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
12 Mar. 2025
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The price per copy is $110,000, but buyers will be getting a highly specialized - and uniquely powerful - motorcycle that can hustle around a racetrack but still coddle the rider on a weekend getaway.—
William Roberson,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Mostly, though, Abe cajoled the Bank of Japan to ease aggressively as a means of weakening the yen and ending deflation.—
William Pesek,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Read more Kids Heartbroken Woman Orders Ice Cream, Shocked by Delivery Driver's Response Hearts melt at how mom manages to cajole stubborn toddler into house Cat and Her Kittens Saved From 15ft Sewer Pipe Thanks to Heroic Passerby Are Millennials Killing Tattoos?—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Dulcify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dulcify. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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