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
A product of the Cambridge Footlights, the cradle of so much post-war British comedy, he shot to fame in the 1970s as a member of the anarchic Goodies.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The goal was to show clients that JPMorgan thinks about covering its clients from cradle to grave, rather than just for opportunistic transactions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
As I cradle my head in my hands, she giggles at my clumsiness.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
"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
Morot cradles the head, still that boy dreaming of Fangoria covers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025
If it seems to many of us that Jones has been with us since we were in our cradles, that’s because he was.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024
Our favorite swimming holes in the creek, which should have been swirling with fast brown water this time of year, were nothing but dry cradles of white stones.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
"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
The 28-year-old woke up his father, said goodbye to his wife, cradled his 18-month-old daughter.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
I scratched his neck and cradled his chest as she told him he was a really good boy and we loved him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
As I cradled my belly, I saw a message of strength: “Altadena, our roots remain.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2026
Each glass ball was cradled in a cone of tinfoil.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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
“Turn a little bit sideways!” a photographer requested, and Hathaway laughed and complied, cradling her stomach proudly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
He entered the bathroom and saw Nix cradling Andrea, who was "limp" and wrapped in a towel.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Maybe it was the crazed look in Hyacinth’s eyes, or the fact that she was cradling a strange yet adorable kitten in her arms, but her siblings did not stop to argue.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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