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Recent Examples of hand-feed
There are unique adventures that include painting alongside a sea lion, swimming with dolphins, and hand-feeding giant tarpon.
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Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 20 May 2025
The Bronx Zoo ornithologists pioneered the technique over 40 years ago, using a similar mechanism to hand-feed Andean condor chicks in 1981.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 1 May 2025
The puppies went to one foster home, where they were hand-fed every few hours.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Timothy Treadwell, an amateur environmentalist, spent 13 summers filming himself among Alaskan grizzly bears, naming them, petting them, sometimes hand-feeding them, until one of them killed him and his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard, in 2003.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Wired News, 22 Apr. 2025
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
Trying to reason with someone like that is like trying to hand-feed a shark.
—Harper's Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
But the people who did the actual hands-on work of incubating the eggs and hand-feeding the chicks around the clock were a dedicated team of aviculturists and bird keepers.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Animal encounters allow a more up-close look at some of your favorite critters, such as hand-feeding a bison or touching a rhino.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 23 July 2024
Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 20 May 2025
The Bronx Zoo ornithologists pioneered the technique over 40 years ago, using a similar mechanism to hand-feed Andean condor chicks in 1981.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 1 May 2025
The puppies went to one foster home, where they were hand-fed every few hours.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Timothy Treadwell, an amateur environmentalist, spent 13 summers filming himself among Alaskan grizzly bears, naming them, petting them, sometimes hand-feeding them, until one of them killed him and his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard, in 2003.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Wired News, 22 Apr. 2025
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
Trying to reason with someone like that is like trying to hand-feed a shark.
—Harper's Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
But the people who did the actual hands-on work of incubating the eggs and hand-feeding the chicks around the clock were a dedicated team of aviculturists and bird keepers.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
Animal encounters allow a more up-close look at some of your favorite critters, such as hand-feeding a bison or touching a rhino.
—John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 23 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hand-feed
Verb
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The season has traded both subtlety and ambiguity for clear explanations spelled out and spoon-fed.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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College coaches line up their offenses on the ball and spoon-feed plays from the sideline.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The case rocked Britain, seeming to expose a remorseless serial killer who, prosecutors said, used a bizarre range of techniques to kill her tiny, often very premature, victims: Injecting them with air, overfeeding them with milk or contaminating their feeds with insulin.—
Megan Specia,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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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
Verb
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In a telescope, Venus's illuminated portion has fattened to 45-percent; almost half full.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
22 May 2025
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Demand for these fish skyrockets during the fattening period — from July to October — and competition is fierce.—
Julia Amberger, Nanni Fontana, Marzio Mian, & Nicola Scevola (Tr. Elettra Pauletto),
The Dial,
3 Apr. 2025
Verb
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When their characters begin fighting, Shauna ultimately bites Melissa’s arm before force-feeding her a piece of it.—
Jenelle Riley,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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Instead, Misty leads a crew to force-feed him through a tube.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
Verb
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And if how well graduates do in the labor market is now a key driver of excellence, that should translate into greater economic mobility for students and a more prepared talent supply to fill key jobs in local economies.—
Matt Gandal,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Whenever a network booking agent asked for someone from the magazine to fill a seat and dish on the day’s sports news, most writers shrugged.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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“Hand-feed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hand-feed. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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