cradling
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Steinfeld flaunted her pregnancy during the awards circuit earlier this year, cradling her baby bump at the red carpet for the Golden Globe Awards.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
Audience members, seated in neat rows and cradling cocktails, enthusiastically applaud.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025
He is cradling the ball in his left hand and warding off impending tacklers with his right, a striking bronze symbol of a university’s resilience and strength.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
The second image shows Meghan tenderly cradling the princess as a newborn following her birth in 2021.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2025
He picked up Alvin and Beulah, cradling them one by one into the motorboat.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
