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Recent Examples of kid-glove
But the question remains whether the media, which had in many cases mishandled stories ranging from Trump-Russia to the 2023-24 lawfare campaigns against the former and future president, saw themselves as defending democracy against Trump when providing largely kid-glove coverage of Biden.
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W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 30 May 2025
That’s not, and shouldn’t be, an activity given kid-glove treatment.
—Outside Online, 5 Mar. 2025
Even as the regime’s aggression has escalated, this president has continued a kid-glove treatment against the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism in a desperate hope to secure a deal.
—Sen. Ted Budd, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 Jan. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kid-glove
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Most of my colleagues are passionate and courteous people so will often try to respond to as many questions as possible.—
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As mentioned, this is a very popular trail, especially on the weekends, so try to be courteous and share the trail with other hikers.—
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Softening the strongman The film starts with the loyal and somewhat obsequious journalist Pavel Zarubin interviewing Putin at the end of his long working day in the Kremlin, at 1:30 a.m.—
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At 11:30, as the simultaneously pompous and obsequious gate agent announces the passengers above gold status, the bit, already tilting toward insanity, leaves any attempt to portray a real airport behind and dives fully into Alice in Wonderland–level surrealism.—
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There’s a difference between being polite and being passive.—
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Anne Hathaway’s Lureen, all rodeo sparkle and small-town ambition, is Jack’s half-hearted refuge; her final scene is a master class in polite denial, her eyes steel behind a frosty Texas drawl.—
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Now, emerging issues abroad such as the Israel-Iran conflict and at home, like the attacks on politicians and ongoing civil unrest over immigration enforcement actions, have all caused ripple effects in New York City.—
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Though Wu was never charged, Northwestern reassigned her grant funding, closed her lab and forcibly admitted her to the university’s psychiatric hospital, according to a civil complaint filed June 23 in Cook County Circuit Court.—
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Photo Gallery Feeling the heat, George accepts an offer to take the lead in a largely fictional and completely hagiographic biopic of (current) Egyptian President Al-Sisi.—
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Feeling the heat, George accepts an offer to take the lead in a largely fictional and completely hagiographic biopic of (current) Egyptian president Al-Sisi.—
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Constantly giving me positive attention, which felt, at times, sycophantic.—
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After the model has been trained, companies can set system prompts, or guidelines, for how the model should behave to minimize sycophantic behavior.—
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His servile defense secretary has threatened to deploy the military in other cities.—
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Bahrain is ruled by Sunnis and has a mostly Shiite population permanently restless over its servile condition.—
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“Kid-glove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kid-glove. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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