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Recent Examples of spoon-feed
The broadcasters are spoon-fed a talking point while noting that the Bears have lost nine games in a row, including all three under interim coach Thomas Brown.
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Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Brewer’s main complaint is that he isn’t being spoon-fed enough information on where the candidates stand on issues.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2024
Parents generally spoon-feed jars of pureed foods for a few months in the first year of life when introducing solids, but pouches marketed to parents of toddlers and older children have prolonged pureed food eating by years.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
Buyers are proactive today, eager to find information through online research themselves rather than waiting for someone to spoon-feed it to them.
—Kelly Hopping, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Reese Witherspoon is spoon-feeding us another exquisite ‘fit!
—Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024
To put it another way, neither the state legislators nor the governors had to break a sweat to draft and enact these measures — they were spoon-fed the texts.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
But Thanksgiving is upon us, and surely many of us will be ducking for cover as Uncle Chuck hurls social media talking points across the table — spoon-fed to him by an unholy algorithm tailored to reinforce his baser instincts.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
Marshall had stomach cancer at the time and was only supposed to be fed through a tube, New York Magazine reported, but Smith spoon-fed him chicken broth.
—Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Brewer’s main complaint is that he isn’t being spoon-fed enough information on where the candidates stand on issues.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2024
Parents generally spoon-feed jars of pureed foods for a few months in the first year of life when introducing solids, but pouches marketed to parents of toddlers and older children have prolonged pureed food eating by years.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
Buyers are proactive today, eager to find information through online research themselves rather than waiting for someone to spoon-feed it to them.
—Kelly Hopping, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Reese Witherspoon is spoon-feeding us another exquisite ‘fit!
—Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024
To put it another way, neither the state legislators nor the governors had to break a sweat to draft and enact these measures — they were spoon-fed the texts.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
But Thanksgiving is upon us, and surely many of us will be ducking for cover as Uncle Chuck hurls social media talking points across the table — spoon-fed to him by an unholy algorithm tailored to reinforce his baser instincts.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
Marshall had stomach cancer at the time and was only supposed to be fed through a tube, New York Magazine reported, but Smith spoon-fed him chicken broth.
—Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 15 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoon-feed
Verb
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Billy and Michelle Mouw’s family farm has been hand-feeding their chickens and providing fresh eggs for 32 years.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2025
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Trying to reason with someone like that is like trying to hand-feed a shark.—
Harper's Magazine,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Apr. 2024
Verb
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Rich whispered as the boat crew force-fed me pita bread.—
Olga Khazan,
The Atlantic,
18 Feb. 2025
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Advertisement When the synthetic compound was force-fed to rats at doses of 1 gram per kilogram of body weight for two years, the animals developed kidney cancer and other forms of renal disease.—
Karen Kaplan,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Napping after overfeeding on food is a dilemma many of us will be fortunate to face on Christmas Day.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
18 Dec. 2024
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However, they should always be given in moderation, because overfeeding your pet can lead to obesity, which causes diseases such as diabetes mellitus, arthritis, heart disease and even cancer.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
Newsweek,
13 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Takeaways from his news conference Jan. 23, 2025 Put it all together, and the Dodgers have taken one of the best rosters in baseball and fattened it.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Thus, for centuries, St. Martin has been associated with geese, with his saint’s day celebrated at the end of the agricultural year, when geese fattened over the rich harvest months of autumn are finally slaughtered and cooked into delicious feast-day meals.—
John Last,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 Dec. 2024
Verb
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But manager Alex Cora didn’t rule out another possibility to fill the outfield hole presented by Abreu’s likely absence: Kristian Campbell.—
Jen McCaffrey,
The Athletic,
8 Mar. 2025
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Oils And Nuts Have a shelf filled with olive oil, vegetable oil, and nuts?—
Sarah Lyon,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Spoon-feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoon-feed. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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