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Generations have cherished it, with many families passing down stories of ancestors who helped plant it.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2025

His people have cherished and watched over this canyon in the eastern Coachella Valley for thousands of years.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2024

But unfortunately for those of us who have cherished her as a performer, there was more.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2022

Smith said Ayres was the predominant department store in Indianapolis for decades, and many residents have cherished memories of going shopping there and getting chicken velvet soup at the tearoom afterward.

From Washington Times • Sep. 5, 2020

If such were the case, Canute could hardly have been left in ignorance about the cession, and he may have cherished certain pretensions to overlordship, which Macolm evidently did not regard very seriously.

From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Larson, Laurence Marcellus