cradle
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A product of the Cambridge Footlights, the cradle of so much post-war British comedy, he shot to fame in the 1970s as a member of the anarchic Goodies.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
She instantly rushed to cradle her son, thinking it would be "only a light tremor".
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
Two women dressed in green and pink fur cradle each other’s heads, reimagining medieval depictions of cephalophores — Christian martyrs who carry their severed heads while continuing to preach or pray.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
Simply put, Booth is the cradle of today’s capital markets.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
The baby was asleep in his hanging cradle, but Mami took him out, bundled him in flannel sheets, and handed him to me.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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
It was like a civics revision lesson in one of the great cradles of democracy.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 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
In the tender maternity shoot, Jepsen cradles her bump in bed alongside Marsden Greif-Neil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
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
As the vessel neared the island—and Rhodes lost her ball cap in the wind—an app on the laptop she cradled lit up with digital WhaleSpotter images of whales exhaling, called “blows.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
"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
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
He cradled the book in his hands, open to the ripped page.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
“Turn a little bit sideways!” a photographer requested, and Hathaway laughed and complied, cradling her stomach proudly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 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
“Coachella!” exclaimed Geena Davis, cradling her head on the table in front of her.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
Trump's spokeswoman -- who is best known for her acid put-downs of journalists -- posted a picture of herself in a nursery, cradling her baby daughter to her chest.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
Still cradling the squirming cat, she knelt before the children and gazed at each face in turn.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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