cupped
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As she spoke, Lina's face creased and she cupped it in her hands.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026
It doesn't want to leave the safety of his cupped hands.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
But one question kept resurfacing, from multiple corners of the inbox, as if readers were whispering it behind cupped hands: What if we just aren’t a pie family?
From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2025
Van de Ven cheekily cupped his ear to the crowd before team-mates made a point of embracing him to show their support after Saturday's spat.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2025
The ball, the only really perfect thing in the world, rested in Glenn’s cupped palm.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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