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cradle

[krayd-l] / ˈkreɪd l /




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At a store selling harmonic healing devices, I watched a man cradle a swaddled Chihuahua within a 9-foot-tall golden pyramid structure in an attempt to heal the dog’s vertigo.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

But “A Nation of Artists” demonstrates that Philadelphia, sometimes called “the birthplace of America,” is a cradle of American art, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

"Stromatolites could be more than 'just' a cradle of life where early microbial life flourished," says A/Prof. Burns.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

She instantly rushed to cradle her son, thinking it would be "only a light tremor".

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

The baby was asleep in his hanging cradle, but Mami took him out, bundled him in flannel sheets, and handed him to me.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

"Ukraine is one of the cradles of world winemaking," Klimov said, even though during the Soviet era factories churned out "wine of almost zero quality".

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

“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

In the picture, Rihanna cradles her newborn, who is wearing a baby-pink jumpsuit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2025

His mother, Najat, 24, kisses him gently on his cheek and cradles him to quieten him.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2024

A hundred pool sticks of different lengths stand at attention in their cradles on the walls.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

Shurtz, cradled his head and said a prayer, according to “Days of Anguish, Days of Hope,” a book based in part on the diary of the chaplain, who survived the war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

After returning from her final visit to Saudi Arabia, Korkejian wrote album opener “On My Own” — a piano ballad cradled by a quivering Mellotron as a full band gradually gathers around her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

"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

British actress Wunmi Mosaku, nominated for best supporting actress for Sinners, cradled her baby bump in a glittering gown with a cut-out shoulder.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026

Jabir picked up one of the smaller ones and cradled it.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

The father said he was cradling two of the children in his arms as he walked downstairs when Mathewson returned home.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

“My position on the closure is I see it as a loan the city gave us during an emergency pandemic,” said Roche, a car-shop owner who was cradling his leashed Bengal cat, named Cheetah.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Inside a dimly lit room, participants slept with monitors attached to their heads, some cradling stuffed toys in their beds.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Chris Manak walked into his Highland Park bar Gold Line cradling a formidable lizard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Here are Mr. and Mrs. Roodveldt, I presume, cradling a baby in a white dress, behind a table with a cake on it.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse


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