Cajole
Stroke
Stroke verb - To praise too much.
Usage example: a politician with a special gift for stroking fat-cat donors
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Stroke and Cajole. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cajole/stroke
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