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Become a Subscriber Sonia’s reproach is not the innocent hyperbole of a babushka.
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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.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022
The Ukrainian babushka waited for a departing train headed east.
—NBC News, 2 May 2022
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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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.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022
The Ukrainian babushka waited for a departing train headed east.
—NBC News, 2 May 2022
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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Weeks after Mary was buried, the children of Frederica Loss, who ran a tavern near the crime scene, discovered a handkerchief marked with Mary’s initials, along with her parasol and parts of her dress, hidden in the brush.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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Place a handkerchief between the dust bag and hose to capture the ladybugs, then take the vacuum outside and open it to release them.—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Babushka.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babushka. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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