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
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
If a cherub were a teapot, then this would be it.
From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2022
I'd actually never seen anyone go pale before, but it was as if all the color drained out of Deidre's plump little cherub face.
From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English
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