as in to fawn
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suck (up to)
Verb
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Lots of people coming, knocking on his door, fawning, hoping for a good deal.—
Terry Gross,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025 -
Alina Habba, a former Trump lawyer now serving in the White House as counselor to the president, fawned over him during a joint appearance last month on Benny Johnson's podcast.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The person who can harness that anger is not someone who kowtows to Kirk and Bannon.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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So, too, do the financial titans and tech billionaires who have supposedly kowtowed to Trump since his reelection.—
Matthew Karp,
Harper's Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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While many developers at the time settled for simple beeps and boops, Williams coaxed naturalistic environmental sounds from the silicon that modern audio designers, working with gigabytes of sampled audio, would still appreciate.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
1 Apr. 2025
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Nikola Jokic pump-faked from the top of the key, coaxing Milwaukee Bucks forward Kyle Kuzma’s right foot a step too high.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
27 Mar. 2025
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Those harmonies — simultaneously honeyed and gravelly, providing just enough support without overshadowing, yet so powerful and full of potential — echoes Whitten.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
2 July 2024
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Enjoy flavored nuts, such as those that are candied, glazed, or honied, in moderation.—
Selene Yeager,
Health,
24 Feb. 2024
Verb
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In contrast, Tai — who eventually becomes a powerful lawyer as an adult — often relies on buttering up her witnesses and using courtroom theatrics to get her point across.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
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Zelensky isn’t alone among prominent Ukrainians in trying to butter up Trump.—
Sophie Tanno,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025
Verb
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And yet, about four years ago, images of myself with flaxen hair started to wheedle their way into my brain and park there.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
4 Apr. 2025
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And soon thereafter, the mirror image: Sparks switches from playing wheedling Jerry to playing upright Bram in a harrowing scene with Arnold.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Bibb took one there, along with her co-star Aimee Lou Wood, and had cajoled him into another.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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States in the dark about federal education cuts European leaders arrived this week to flatter and cajole President Trump.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
28 Feb. 2025
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She was later adopted by an Illinois family and grew up idolizing Moceanu.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Solomon said retirement is idolized as a wonderful stage in life when officers are expected to be happy while a reckoning is happening in their minds.—
Rosa Flores,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2025
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“Suck (up to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suck%20%28up%20to%29. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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