cheek
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To continue to turn the other cheek now isn’t convenience; it’s cowardice, just as it always has been.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2026
But why can reds and greys not live cheek by jowl?
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Oxford maintained that he was innocent but agreed to give police a cheek swab for a DNA test.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The offended parties can also choose to turn the other cheek, though all eyes seem fixed on the gallows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
A wave of hair went loose at that moment and fell from behind her ear across her cheek.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
In this alternate universe, beautiful people have pig snouts, distorted mouths, and sagging cheeks.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
Add orange-rimmed eyes with jet-black pupils set against white cheeks, a dashing black under-eye line and a radiant round orange bill hinge, and the puffin looks like something invented by a talented circus makeup artist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Others lined up to pay $10 to mall staff wearing "Face Painter" vests before posing for selfies with cheeks bearing their national side's colors.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
Tears rolling down his cheeks, he says he's not sure he even knows how to rebuild his family's life again.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
A lot just dripped down her cheeks and chin, but Gran seemed a little more awake while we fed her.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
