Coddles

They have railed against a philosophy of rehabilitation that "coddles" inmates with too many amenities. ❋ Unknown (1995)

Daniel Okonkwo takes the paper to task for perpetuating three long-standing myths: 1) juvenile violent crime in the District has increased; 2) rehabilitating court-involved youth in the community is a fool's errand; and 3) DYRS 'coddles' youth in its care. ❋ Mike DeBonis (2010)

Of course, that could just be the tepidly liberal spin on a deal that is shaping up to be the "NAFTA of the Pacific," as activists call it: a pact that coddles corporate interests like sweatshop manufacturers, pharmaceutical makers and agribusinesses seeking to eliminate any barriers to profit. ❋ Michelle Chen (2011)

It seems Tessa and Seena have swapped skins: Tessa coddles Yllis while Seena feels like throttling her. ❋ Christina Meldrum (2011)

They've voted against every extension because, they say, it coddles the unemployed and keeps them from taking available jobs. ❋ Robert Reich (2010)

Elizabeth Edwards shows she is reasonable and everyone coddles her. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Form my vantage every one of you who coddles the murderer and gives him comfort is aiding and abetting the murderer spiritually. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If you need a conservative witness – the ALbot has expressed his horror of anybody who coddles radical islamicist human rights abusers in the Middle East, ie Saudi Arabia. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The early onset and prolonged state of American adolescence—beginning with a commercial culture designed for teeny boppers and continuing for a decade or more with college education now becoming a universal—robs children of childhood at one end, coddles them in a limbo between childhood and adulthood in the middle and sets them up for a rude shock at the exit end. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Corporations have bought Republicans, who now chant the corporate mantra that government coddles its citizens with the likes of mine and food safety rules. ❋ Leo W. Gerard (2011)