cradle
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A steel cradle, designed to hold your phone horizontally, has been placed on a fence post.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
She instantly rushed to cradle her son, thinking it would be "only a light tremor".
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
“We want to look at the full life cycle … not only thinking from the cradle to the grave, but from the point where the raw materials are extracted at the beginning,” Stanton says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
The building features giant stone letters on the top spelling out part of a speech that Obama gave in 2015 in Selma, Alabama, the cradle of the civil rights movement.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
Ben says the ocean is the cradle of all life.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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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
For Sheffield guitarist and singer Richard Hawley, who has played with Pulp, The Leadmill was comparable to the other great northern cradles of live music.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2025
If it seems to many of us that Jones has been with us since we were in our cradles, that’s because he was.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2024
A white girl, as tall as me, cradles a limp baby in a muddied blanket.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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"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
Lakers fans should also celebrate Austin Reaves who, after making an incredible missed free-throw play to send the same game into overtime lovingly cradled the basketball and whispered to it “I love you.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 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
“The Housemaid” lives and dies by Seyfried’s hand, and she keeps the film cradled in Nina’s white-knuckled grip for each one of its eye-popping 131 minutes.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026
They set the pots on top of metal stands that cradled Crimson orbs to keep the food bubbling and hot.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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“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
He said he then entered the bathroom and saw Nix cradling Andrea, who was "limp" and wrapped in a towel.
From BBC ● May 26, 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
To the left, “Painting and Sculpture” clutches a palette while cradling a miniaturized replica of the Dionysus torso from the Parthenon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
A few minutes later Tess was back, her arms cradling at least fifteen pairs of shoes.
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
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