cherub
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Two cherub statues next to James' grave in Kirkdale Cemetery were damaged twice in six weeks earlier this year – once in February and and again this month.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
There are mysterious initials, a cherub wearing a balaclava.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024
The moment we were alone, the guiltless cherub mutated into Cerberus, screaming and scratching at me.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2023
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
The realization that the one person she most wanted to show the rebel flag cherub to, and laugh about it with, wasn’t there.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
Song floats through “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” like hovering cherubim.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
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
“It’s very ornate, very detailed. I believe I recall cherubim on the ceiling.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 17, 2017
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
I was fascinated entering the Catholic churches and finding Black figures as Jesus and the disciples, but often alongside white cherubs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 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
But I do believe — cue the trumpets and cherubs — there is nothing beyond the power of voters to fix.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2025
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
Lissa sat on the bench, as still as the stone cherubs perched on the terrace steps.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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