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
Perhaps it didn’t emerge solely from its traditional cradle in the Yellow River Basin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
She instantly rushed to cradle her son, thinking it would be "only a light tremor".
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
The Near East became the cradle of civilization: to be civilized, after all, means to live as a citizen, a town dweller.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
"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
His other arm somehow cradles the Virgin Mary, a farmworker and two gang members at the same time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 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
Surrounded by Renaissance masterpieces, this was a meeting in one of the great cradles of Western civilisation.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025
His hand cradles my cheek in his palm.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
Channeling my inner Katniss, I took a “power stance:” shoulders back, legs slightly bent, bow cradled in my upper body.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
As the vessel neared the island—and Rhodes lost her ball cap in the wind—an app on the laptop she cradled lit up with digital WhaleSpotter images of whales exhaling, called “blows.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
"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
Jackson told reporters that he cradled King's head as he died - although other witnesses did not confirm that account.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026
He cradled the sad, small bundle that had once been the wisest and oldest mouse of Redwall.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
The elderly grimace, hobbling on crutches, and wide-eyed children stare, cradling chickens carried from homes they were forced to leave behind.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
“A stroller is a lifesaver here,” Woodruff said as mothers cradling young children appeared from every direction as they climbed the winding dirt paths.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026
Martin, the author of the Game of Thrones books, cradling a fluffy wolf-like pup in his arms.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
They focus on motherhood and love, with rounded forms cradling one another and calling to mind the work of Henry Moore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Here are Mr. and Mrs. Roodveldt, I presume, cradling a baby in a white dress, behind a table with a cake on it.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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