innocents

plural of innocent

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Noun
  • As the rest of the girls hang out obliviously by the hot tub, randomly dressed up as angels, Lara and Tzarina rally around Harry in a ridiculous way.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Drawing inspiration from Hebrew texts and whatever shrooms grew on the island, John ramped up Daniel’s visions to include angels with feet of fire, the Whore of Babylon, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and a hundred and forty-four thousand virgins (or parthenoi), most likely male.
    Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Advertisement Read more: How Netanyahu Pushed Trump Toward War That day, a shepherd posted cell phone footage of an Israeli C-130 low in the sky over Syria, sheep bells clanking over the roar of the engines.
    Karl Vick, Time, 19 June 2025
  • In the first of two clips, four sheep enter via a set of large, wide-open folding glass doors.
    Colson Thayer, People.com, 17 June 2025
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“Innocents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innocents. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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