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cherub

[cher-uhb] / ˈtʃɛr əb /
NOUN
angel
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In a post on the Facebook page of the James Bulger Memorial Trust charity, his family said they had "found the 2 vandalised cherub heads" following a tip-off.

From BBC Apr. 25, 2026

There are mysterious initials, a cherub wearing a balaclava.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 24, 2024

A cherub statue the Welnicks placed outside as a memorial to a child they lost to miscarriage looked down at the rubble.

From Seattle Times May 1, 2022

Instead, they said, “the photograph evokes themes of greed, innocence and the motif of the cherub in Western art.”

From New York Times Jan. 4, 2022

But it turned out Andrecito was such a sweet cherub of a baby that his diapers didn’t bother me.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

Song floats through “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” like hovering cherubim.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 19, 2025

There is no end of hand-wringing over careerists who forgo the delights of cherubim in favor of corporate paychecks, but careful interrogations of parenthood are few and far between.

From Washington Post Apr. 27, 2023

In one passage, a prophet called Ezekiel describes a "vision of God being transported on cherubim", with four wings and "feet shaped like the sole of a calf's foot".

From BBC Jul. 4, 2021

She’s attended by a half-dozen crimson seraphim and three royal blue cherubim.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 10, 2018

She transforms the unruly bunch of us into a heavenly host of cherubim, hovering a thousand feet above the city rooftops.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

Painters also adopted European conventions emphasizing divine rule in imperial portraits, as in a posthumous one of Akbar with a halo and winged cherubs above him.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

Filled with eccentric decorative touches that mirrored Simmons’ vibrant public persona, the property features everything from staircase cherubs and boldly patterned wallpaper to curved French doors, terraced gardens, and a key-shaped swimming pool.

From MarketWatch Jun. 3, 2026

Apparently it’s this ballroom at Mar-a-Lago, with its $7 million of gold leaf, that Trump wants now to re-create in the East Wing; the gold cherubs have already been brought up from Florida.

From Slate May 30, 2025

It is made of wood and plated with gold leaf, from the cherubs on the roof to the Greek sea gods over each wheel.

From Seattle Times May 5, 2023

Happy cherubs take aim at grinning couples, and children laugh and dance.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston




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