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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
spoon-feed .
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Examples
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A renewed Barroso administration will ensure that pretty much nothing of any import happens to distract voters from enjoying the half-truths and downright crap the right wing eurosceptic British press spoon-feeds them on a weekly basis, as is their God-given unwritten constitutional right.
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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The film also spoon-feeds viewers with a facile, Hollywood-filtered depiction of Zuckerberg.
'The Social Network' Doesn't Live Up To Hype Oliver Chiang 2010
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His work always respects the viewer rather than spoon-feeds them.
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A renewed Barroso administration will ensure that pretty much nothing of any import happens to distract voters from enjoying the half-truths and downright crap the right wing eurosceptic British press spoon-feeds them on a weekly basis, as is their God-given unwritten constitutional right.
Barroso is back 2009
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The film also spoon-feeds viewers with a facile, Hollywood-filtered depiction of Zuckerberg.
'The Social Network' Doesn't Live Up To Hype Oliver Chiang 2010
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It spoon-feeds us, which has the effect of watering down our collective cultural imagination.
“Watchmen” reduces themes, expectations » Scene-Stealers 2009
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Traditional film syntax spoon-feeds the images to the viewer, with camera movements telling you exactly what the artist wants you to watch at each moment.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2010
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It spoon-feeds us, which has the effect of watering down our collective cultural imagination.
Alan Moore on ‘Watchmen’ Movie: ‘I Will Be Spitting Venom All Over It’ | Disinformation 2008
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Whether this is the result of a media culture that spoon-feeds, simplifies, and dumbs down everything, or a tendency to over-protect children, or results from other societal factors is, frankly, secondary.
Inspiration… and Teachers and Students « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2008
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It spoon-feeds us, which has the effect of watering down our collective cultural imagination.
Alan Moore Has No Hoorays for Hollywood | Disinformation 2008
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