cherub

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Church and government officials launched an investigation after pictures of a cherub at the Basilica of St Lawrence in Lucina showed her newly restored face had an uncanny likeness to right-wing leader, Giorgia Meloni.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

Critics likened Mr. Wagoner to a sweet-spirited cherub or a crinkly eyed teddy bear.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024

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

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

He looked like a cherub who’d turned middle-aged in a trailer park.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan