cheek
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Posting on social media on Saturday, Carragher said his comments were intended to be "tongue in cheek".
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Still, the players did not turn the other cheek.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
To continue to turn the other cheek now isn’t convenience; it’s cowardice, just as it always has been.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026
The lyric is built almost entirely from humble, monosyllabic words: a warm smile, a soft cheek, a laugh that wrinkles the nose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Jonathan rested his cheek against the bark on the tree and, at the appropriate time, joined his sister’s song.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
Pictures of Isaiah Harrison from 2024 show a bubbly, heavyset boy with a toothy smile and full cheeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
In this alternate universe, beautiful people have pig snouts, distorted mouths, and sagging cheeks.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
Nearby, Anisha Nepali sat quietly in a corner, tears running down her cheeks.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Add orange-rimmed eyes with jet-black pupils set against white cheeks, a dashing black under-eye line and a radiant round orange bill hinge, and the puffin looks like something invented by a talented circus makeup artist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
She reached out with both her hands and put them on my cheeks.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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