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cradle

[kreyd-l] / ˈkreɪd l /




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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

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

"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

“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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