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The Labour MP said both her and her daughter were doing well and they were cherishing their time together as a family at home.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2023

Now, seven distant living relatives of seven distant deceased relatives of Kabel were cherishing some hope of a legacy, because the Croesus had sworn to remember them.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno

Grant and I and our two children had colds, already a month old, which the fog and dampness were cherishing lovingly.

From Four and Twenty Beds by Vogel, Nancy

But if the fates were now more than ever fostering an unnatural enmity between the sons of old Ewan they were cherishing at the same time the loves of their children.

From The Deemster by Caine, Hall, Sir

The old crone muttered and mouthed over her food, now and again smiling to herself as though she were cherishing some secret and evil triumph.

From The Sleeping Beauty by Rackham, Arthur