cherub
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"We have also now found the original sleeping cherub and a couple of other items stolen from James's resting place."
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
They led by 11 after the first quarter, 17 at halftime, 33 after three, and they just kept piling it on, so much that Jack Nicholson spent the game looking like a gleeful cherub.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2023
“I needed her to be a falling cherub, because that’s what I saw,” he said.
From New York Times • Mar. 3, 2023
A cherub statue the Welnicks placed outside as a memorial to a child they lost to miscarriage looked down at the rubble.
From Seattle Times • May 1, 2022
A little polished cherub grins at each corner.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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