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Seeing me coming in the door, Mrs. Levy-Cohen exclaims, “It’s always wonderful, chérie, to see you walking!”
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
She skips away in her black go-go boots and halfway down the block she turns around and smiles at me and says, “Bye, chérie, bye, bye.”
From "Lucky Broken Girl" by Ruth Behar
"You are not to be a silk merchant, chérie," answered her mother gently.
From The Story of Silk by Price, Hattie Longstreet
And all the time the man beside me calling out his heart in a whisper—‘Nanette—Nanette—allons, chérie!’
From Leerie by Sawyer, Ruth
"Be ready to sail on Saturday, chérie," he said, "I want my mother to see you very much, and Mary, too."
From Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty by Williams, J. Scott (John Scott)
Golden Tempo, the horse that made Cherie DeVaux the first female trainer to win the Kentucky Derby, is not expected to win Saturday’s Belmont Stakes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
But the ceremony made headlines when Labour's soon-to-be Prime Minister Tony Blair attended with his wife Cherie, walking the red carpet alongside King.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
Trainer Cherie DeVaux says Golden Tempo won’t run in the Preakness because the horse needs more time to recover after the Kentucky Derby.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
Golden Tempo rallied deep in the pack to win the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, making Cherie DeVaux the first female trainer to win the big race.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026
Richard and Cherie didn’t know the Hadari who was killed, but they were friends with Charles Hill.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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