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Recent Examples of cherub
At Sunday’s Women’s FA Cup final, which Chelsea won 3-0 against Manchester United to clinch a historic undefeated domestic treble, Williams waltzed through the mixed zone first, the entourage — including her husband — trailing behind the tennis great, cherubs in her wake.
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Asli Pelit, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Trump also reportedly brought gold cherubs from his Mar-a-Lago resort.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Nowhere is the dream of pastoral harmony regained through scientific knowledge more beautifully realized than in Boucher’s nocturne of a cherub, telescope in hand, contemplating the moon.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
Above the doorways, delicate gold cherubs peer down, a touch not seen in previous White House administrations.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
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Asli Pelit, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Trump also reportedly brought gold cherubs from his Mar-a-Lago resort.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Nowhere is the dream of pastoral harmony regained through scientific knowledge more beautifully realized than in Boucher’s nocturne of a cherub, telescope in hand, contemplating the moon.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
Above the doorways, delicate gold cherubs peer down, a touch not seen in previous White House administrations.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cherub
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Before that, there were Picts, Celts, and early Christian missionaries (it is thought that the great Irish warrior-saint Columba may have visited Eilean Shona).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Jan. 2026
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This is not to make a saint out of Castro.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
17 Jan. 2026
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The maturation protocol reflects a cask combination of American virgin oak, ex-bourbon, Spanish Oloroso, PX, and Portuguese red wine casks, designed to add layered, nuanced complexity to a whisky peated at 54 PPM.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
17 Jan. 2026
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The film, directed by renowned German New Wave artist and filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger, is the latest retelling of the story of Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Báthory, a real-life aristocrat accused of bathing in the blood of virgins to retain her youth.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Jan. 2026
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The latter was shipped to the Indianapolis Colts in a deal that brought New York two first-round picks and wide receiver AD Mitchell, whom the colts drafted in the second round in 2024.—
Andrew McCarty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Tom Welling lives the good life on a horse farm in Northern California with his golden retriever Rosey and colt Apollo.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Cherub.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cherub. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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