cradle
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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
"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
“I’ve had a strong relationship with salsa music since I was young, even though I didn’t grew up in a place that was a cradle for that genre.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
In New York’s Catskills, the cradle of American dry fly fishing, a total beginner learns the sport—and its history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
So the kids in Chokecherry all grew up together—like from the cradle.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
"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
It was like a civics revision lesson in one of the great cradles of democracy.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 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
The photo, a mirror selfie, shows Jepsen all smiles in a leopard-print bucket hat, white shirt and black shorts as she cradles her child, who wears a green-striped onesie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
Yet there was only the muted hiss of the gas jets, safely enclosed within their milk glass cradles.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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
"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
Jackson told reporters that he cradled King's head as he died - although other witnesses did not confirm that account.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
Once she was cradled in Luna’s limbs, Hill did not come down for more than two years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2026
Mrs. Branson gazed down at Sabrina, cradled against her chest.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
The elderly grimace, hobbling on crutches, and wide-eyed children stare, cradling chickens carried from homes they were forced to leave behind.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
After cradling it the entire way home like a Faberge calf, I felt like writing a sonnet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Meyer shared a photo of Ogunlesi lounging at home and cradling their little one in his arms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
Martin, the author of the Game of Thrones books, cradling a fluffy wolf-like pup in his arms.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
“Finny?” he said softly, cradling his brother against his chest.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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