Some may think of us as a nanny state, given the way we coddle our citizens with free health care and equality provisions. |
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We do not need to coddle our old people, just ensure them enough income to live adequately. |
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The early missions coddle the player closely, and provide a comfortable introduction to the game's features. |
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In the long-term we do them no favors by allowing them to coddle our mutual enemies. |
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William has managed to coddle his pulsing green quarry of these long, languid days. |
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If the bleeding hearts in New York and Los Angeles wanted to coddle their drug dealers, that was their business. |
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She took it much worse than I did, though I played it up for the girls a bit when they came around to coddle me. |
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Japan's courts also appear unwilling to erect barriers to coddle the Old Guard. |
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For some reason society continues to coddle these mooches, and thus it is considered noble to take part in giving the needy what they want. |
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Also when children started to cry you weren't supposed to coddle them to make them stop crying. |
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While counselling does not dictate a course of action or make decisions for the young person, the counsellor does not coddle him either. |
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I want to baby you, and coddle you, and spoil you for the rest of my life. |
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I'm not convinced we should coddle people who, by the time they reach the postdoc level, are so insecure they won't even apply for the jobs they actually want. |
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Higher education should challenge students, not coddle them by indulging their pre-formed biases and preferences. |
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They think they will irreparably damage them, so instead of raising expectations, they coddle them. |
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And regulators who coddle Wall Street have to worry more about becoming props in an Elizabeth Warren YouTube video gone viral. |
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You want a sauce thick enough that it can swaddle and coddle those eggs and assert itself in each mouthful. |
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It is now at once the twee height of Englishnessbut also the most basic solution to any problem, a coddle in a mug. |
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Mark Muro, the main analyst behind the think-tank report, has identified seven industries and some 30 smaller niches that Nevada should coddle. |
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But is Mr Kerry the candidate who will bring democracy to the Middle East or who would continue to coddle the region's tyrants? |
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Many of the TL Type-S's ringmates coddle their drivers, isolating them on a cloud of air and whisking them along without offering much, if any, feel for the road or the experience. |
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A disturbing trend is emerging whereby some within the international community wish to advocate concessions, coddle the extremists and prematurely declare success. |
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She identified the major issues in her family as her stepson's rude and inconsiderate behaviour, and her husband's view that she tended to coddle her own son. |
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Examples of popular Irish cuisine include boxty, colcannon, coddle, stew, and bacon and cabbage. |
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The Grave is a tough, intelligent tale that does not coddle the reader. |
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Bill C-10, the bill for mandatory sentences for gun crimes, was also held up at committee by opposition members who are so out of touch with Canadians and still prefer to coddle criminals. |
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We didn't coddle or conciliate with the dictators in Iran. |
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