cradle
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Argentine from cradle to grave, for the Falklands, for Diego, for Leo's last outing.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
She instantly rushed to cradle her son, thinking it would be "only a light tremor".
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Two women dressed in green and pink fur cradle each other’s heads, reimagining medieval depictions of cephalophores — Christian martyrs who carry their severed heads while continuing to preach or pray.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Simply put, Booth is the cradle of today’s capital markets.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
That accomplished, an enormous cradle, as big as a large ship, was lowered to the seabed and placed next to the Mary Rose.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
“I was my mother’s only daughter,” Ms. Phillips notes, “the one who would inherit the dishes, the cradles, the women’s things, and the stories.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Surrounded by Renaissance masterpieces, this was a meeting in one of the great cradles of Western civilisation.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025
Morot cradles the head, still that boy dreaming of Fangoria covers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025
If it seems to many of us that Jones has been with us since we were in our cradles, that’s because he was.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024
But they dropped their cradles and ran to him across the field when they heard him scream.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
"He really has such an endearing personality," she told AFP earlier this week as she cradled him at her home in the southeastern town of Villy-le-Pelloux.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
The 28-year-old woke up his father, said goodbye to his wife, cradled his 18-month-old daughter.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
It was late, and the store was out of disposable bags, so I tucked some of the loot into my dance bag and cradled the rest in the crook of my arm.
From Salon ● Jan. 1, 2026
In Michaelson’s native New York, there were a handful of venues that cradled early-career musicians: the Living Room, the Bitter End, Kenny’s Castaways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025
He was slumped over with his head cradled in his arms.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
“Turn a little bit sideways!” a photographer requested, and Hathaway laughed and complied, cradling her stomach proudly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
He said he then entered the bathroom and saw Nix cradling Andrea, who was "limp" and wrapped in a towel.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
To the left, “Painting and Sculpture” clutches a palette while cradling a miniaturized replica of the Dionysus torso from the Parthenon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Trump's spokeswoman -- who is best known for her acid put-downs of journalists -- posted a picture of herself in a nursery, cradling her baby daughter to her chest.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
Magdalys made her way toward it, pulling the envelope from Von Marsh’s purse and cradling it like a newborn baby against her chest.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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