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RECALL BEFORE REVEAL

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To become tiresome or unpleasant through an excess of something initially pleasing.

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cloy

The repeated sentimental scenes began to cloy before the final chapter.
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A succession of richly sweet samples began to cloy, although visitors had enjoyed the first one.
From A Tasting That Goes Too Far.
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