angels

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Usually these clips follow a set pattern: a man in uniform embraces his loved ones, then slowly walks up a staircase into a blue sky, often surrounded by angels.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

On Tuesday, she wrote that Cody had died peacefully surrounded by family and “was welcomed into heaven as thunder bellowed outside, and we laughed because we knew it was a band of angels rejoicing.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Talarico’s personality is something very different, a smiling appeal to the better angels of the electorate’s nature, and seemingly imperviousness to insults and attacks.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

And if governors were angels, we wouldn’t need checks on power.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

This was, Nhamo learned, a call for the angels to come down from Mwari’s country and hover over the gathering.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer