bosom
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Our garbage, he’s convinced, “speaks to us,” and in its honesty he finds the relief that keeps him sane in the bosom of squalor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Not it’s up to a black woman to rock us in her bosom and heal our wounds,” wrote an X user.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2024
After a dozen long years, the fruits of Mal’s life and work had finally been returned to the bosom of his family.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2023
The most famous of these, perhaps, is the Greek myth in which Hera pushes away the baby Heracles from her bosom, and her breast milk spills from horizon to horizon.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 4, 2023
"Bruno," she said, "the time has come to restore you to the famous bosom of your family."
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
"I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all men are created free and equal."
From Fox News ● Feb. 21, 2022
Many of us have serious back problems, often undiagnosed, and/or chronic aches and pains that are connected to our bosoms.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2020
They hugged me and my jeep driver and pinned French tricolors on us, and left us exhausted, with our bosoms covered with emblems and ribbons.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2019
Women shrieked, swooned, took cuttings of his hair, collected the dregs from his coffee cups, and even kept the discarded stubs of his cigars between their bosoms.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 6, 2013
They hugged the memories of illnesses to their bosoms.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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"The Tragedy of Macbeth," Vocabulary from Act 1
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