babushka
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The title character and occasional commentator, played as a gloomy babushka in a red headscarf by David Turner, foresees little hope for a glorious future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
Oliver presents as all sunny, breezy love, sporting a trucker cap over a babushka over bleached pink hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
As a boy, I hand-made pelmeni with my babushka Alla, my hands and face covered in flour as we worked in the cold of my grandparents’ basement in Paterson, New Jersey.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
Pointing to an elderly woman, and using a Russian term for her, Mr. Iljin said: “See that babushka, let’s make an exception for her.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2022
The kids flying by on bicycles steer clear of this barefoot old woman in her plastic babushka, but I can tell you she is not deranged.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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