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The house that was hit, next door, was where a babushka lived.
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Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
These women were regularly substituted and replaced, so a new face in the crowd was unlikely to draw attention from the other babushkas or from the militia.
—Dawn Klavon, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
Become a Subscriber Sonia’s reproach is not the innocent hyperbole of a babushka.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2023
In some villages, babushkas lay down in the roads blocking Ukrainian tanks, officers said, and in one, an especially cunning babushka kept stealing the soldiers’ helmets.
—Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2022
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Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
These women were regularly substituted and replaced, so a new face in the crowd was unlikely to draw attention from the other babushkas or from the militia.
—Dawn Klavon, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
Become a Subscriber Sonia’s reproach is not the innocent hyperbole of a babushka.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2023
In some villages, babushkas lay down in the roads blocking Ukrainian tanks, officers said, and in one, an especially cunning babushka kept stealing the soldiers’ helmets.
—Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for babushka
handkerchief
Noun
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Particular mostly to Louisiana weddings, the second line parade is quite the celebratory tradition in which a brass band and parasol-wielding newlyweds lead their guests, who wave handkerchiefs or napkins, on a festive jaunt through the city (or around their reception venue).—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 2026
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The showing marked a sharp contrast from the 2025 Gala, which had featured less advanced versions of the robots twirling handkerchiefs in a wobbly folk dance.—
Dylan Butts,Matthew Chin,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Babushka.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babushka. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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