cradle
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“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
France may be the cradle of the Gothic cathedral, but strangely few Gothic plans survive there.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
The Pyongyang International Football School, built in 2013 on Rungna Island in the capital, is regarded as a cradle for elite football players, training promising youth from across the country.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Wales -- the cradle of Britain's revered National Health Service and a former industrial powerhouse -- has been a Labour Party stronghold for well over a century.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
As soon as Michael returned the phone to its cradle, Ridge said, “I always wondered what it was like to talk on a twentieth-century phone.”
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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