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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.
—Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 24 Feb. 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.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022
The Ukrainian babushka waited for a departing train headed east.
—NBC News, 2 May 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.
—Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 24 Feb. 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.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022
The Ukrainian babushka waited for a departing train headed east.
—NBC News, 2 May 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for babushka
handkerchief
Noun
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Next to her, someone’s head was bandaged with someone else’s handkerchief and bled through it immediately.—
Jim Shepard,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
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Lance Jimenez, a Los Angeles Fire Department arson investigator, said the explosive was made from a 40-ounce Olde English 800 malt liquor bottle and a silky designer handkerchief.—
MICHAEL R. SISAK,
Arkansas Online,
30 May 2025
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“Babushka.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babushka. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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