cherished

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"You are like the wind at daybreak, you are like a cherished vision," he sings in a direct address to the horse, named Rovach.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Cases like Kelver’s expose key contradictions at the heart of our cherished rhetoric of armed self-defense.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026

Nonetheless, he’s always cherished the joy of playing for the sake of playing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Kant had long cherished the freedom that came with being single.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

“Yes, that was Tom Riddle senior, the handsome Muggle who used to go riding past the Gaunt cottage and for whom Merope Gaunt cherished a secret, burning passion.”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling