as in to spoil
to treat with great or excessive care
pamper a sick child
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Recent Examples of pamper
British Vogue Acting Beauty Director Lauren Murdoch Smith is here to walk you through all her holiday beauty essentials—and to share the in-flight pampering rituals Vogue editors love to do at 30,000 feet!
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Vogue, 10 June 2025
Some mothers will enjoy spending time with their families, while others will pamper themselves with a day at the spa or the beach.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Again, there are a couple of kinds: those who’ve been pampered, those who’ve been provoked, and those who’ve been by turns both babied and baited.
—Mark Kriegel
june 4, Literary Hub, 4 June 2025
Aire Ancient Baths Chicago 800 W. Superior St., Chicago
High on luxury touches (and price tag), the Spanish spa chain Aire has converted a turn-of-the-century paint factory into the city’s preeminent temple for pampering.
—Outside Online, 28 May 2025
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Vogue, 10 June 2025
Some mothers will enjoy spending time with their families, while others will pamper themselves with a day at the spa or the beach.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Again, there are a couple of kinds: those who’ve been pampered, those who’ve been provoked, and those who’ve been by turns both babied and baited.
—Mark Kriegel
june 4, Literary Hub, 4 June 2025
Aire Ancient Baths Chicago 800 W. Superior St., Chicago
High on luxury touches (and price tag), the Spanish spa chain Aire has converted a turn-of-the-century paint factory into the city’s preeminent temple for pampering.
—Outside Online, 28 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pamper
Verb
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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
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Farmers’ broiler chickens suffocate, and dairy products spoil.—
Monica Mark,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Feb. 2023
Verb
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Take just five minutes out of the day to indulge yourself in a self-care exercise.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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One of the rare recent TV exercises not to indulge conspiracy-theory tropes but deconstruct and criticize them was Netflix’s winter limited series Zero Day, in which the British actor Dan Stevens played a villainous YouTuber peddling such theories.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
19 July 2025
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Jackson nursed him back to health by covering his feet with a medicated balm and became acutely aware of the need to protect her pets from the hot summer sun and heatwaves.—
Jen Reeder,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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The University of Minnesota’s equine intensive care unit nursed him back from his pneumonia and wounds.—
Mark Vancleave,
Twin Cities,
30 June 2025
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“Pamper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pamper. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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