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Recent Examples of cherub
Here Alain Delon and Claudia Cardinale waltzed beneath a ceiling swarming with cherubs, with a growing sense that their old world was vanishing.
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Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024
Over the past year, Sonny Angel — a biblically inaccurate, 3-inch-tall cherub figurine with peculiar headgear — has taken over the hearts, minds, phones, display shelves, and nightstands of collectors across the world.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 8 July 2024
The alterations also removed the putti, or cherubs, tugging at the goddesses’ robes and satyrs peeking in on the scene from the trees.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
Start at Capela das Almas, an 18th-century church covered with blue-and-white azulejos (added in 1929) depicting divine episodes filled with saints, apostles, magi and cherubs.
—Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 30 May 2024
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Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024
Over the past year, Sonny Angel — a biblically inaccurate, 3-inch-tall cherub figurine with peculiar headgear — has taken over the hearts, minds, phones, display shelves, and nightstands of collectors across the world.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 8 July 2024
The alterations also removed the putti, or cherubs, tugging at the goddesses’ robes and satyrs peeking in on the scene from the trees.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
Start at Capela das Almas, an 18th-century church covered with blue-and-white azulejos (added in 1929) depicting divine episodes filled with saints, apostles, magi and cherubs.
—Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 30 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cherub
Noun
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The university collects names and photos of saints in people’s lives, then hangs the names up in the chapel.Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
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Rather refreshingly for a protagonist, Agatha is a real villain, one who makes Loki look like a saint.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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The thesis addressed how oral storytelling on La Llorona floated between depictions of her as either a virgin or a harlot and the impacts these characterizations in movies had on Latina identity.Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 27 Oct. 2024
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Gina Rodriguez stars as Jane Villanueva, a religious, 23-year-old virgin who somehow becomes pregnant.Jenna Ryu, SELF, 21 Oct. 2024
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The painstaking Pletcher was up to that task, putting the colt into a nearly 90-day layoff/back-to-school course of works, no racing, largely at Saratoga.Guy Martin, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
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The colt isn’t getting the respect the Santa Anita Derby winner normally gets and is listed at 20-1 on the morning line.John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
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“Cherub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cherub. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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