bosom
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Leaders' successes or failures are rarely based on the perfect plans they often clutch to their bosom on the day they walk into No 10.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Our garbage, he’s convinced, “speaks to us,” and in its honesty he finds the relief that keeps him sane in the bosom of squalor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
“And to me, philosophically, that makes sense. I float between desperately wanting stability and wanting glorious freedom. From being at the bosom of my family to being a lone wolf.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
After a dozen long years, the fruits of Mal’s life and work had finally been returned to the bosom of his family.
From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2023
Adah was clutching her new books about the ornithoptery of butterflies to her bosom, while Ruth May waved and called out weakly, “Wenda mbote! Wenda mbote!”
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
"I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all men are created free and equal."
From Fox News ● Feb. 21, 2022
Many of us have serious back problems, often undiagnosed, and/or chronic aches and pains that are connected to our bosoms.
From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2020
They hugged me and my jeep driver and pinned French tricolors on us, and left us exhausted, with our bosoms covered with emblems and ribbons.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2019
And she didn’t make immense contributions to charity or clasp stricken and hungry children to her bosoms, like Angelina Jolie.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 18, 2016
“This is a most unfortunate affair, and will probably be much talked of. But we must stem the tide of malice, and pour into the wounded bosoms of each other the balm of sisterly consolation.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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"The Tragedy of Macbeth," Vocabulary from Act 1
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