kid gloves
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By treating actual adults—the chat participants weren’t teenagers—with kid gloves, they contribute to the cultural malady of infantilization.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
He is a two-way star, coming off a second career Tommy John surgery, who has been managed with kid gloves and bubblewrap in his return to pitching duties this year.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2025
"From now on, the kid gloves are off - it's bare-knuckle stuff."
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025
Pittsburgh has used kid gloves with Jones at times, though he also threw a career-high 96 pitches over seven brilliant innings against Colorado last weekend.
From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024
Only if he thinks the same of me, but I’m the kind of person you have to treat with kid gloves, I know that all too well.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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