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Recent Examples of babushka
The house that was hit, next door, was where a babushka lived.
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Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
These women were regularly substituted and replaced, so a new face in the crowd was unlikely to draw attention from the other babushkas or from the militia.
—Dawn Klavon, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
Become a Subscriber Sonia’s reproach is not the innocent hyperbole of a babushka.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2023
In some villages, babushkas lay down in the roads blocking Ukrainian tanks, officers said, and in one, an especially cunning babushka kept stealing the soldiers’ helmets.
—Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2022
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Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
These women were regularly substituted and replaced, so a new face in the crowd was unlikely to draw attention from the other babushkas or from the militia.
—Dawn Klavon, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
Become a Subscriber Sonia’s reproach is not the innocent hyperbole of a babushka.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2023
In some villages, babushkas lay down in the roads blocking Ukrainian tanks, officers said, and in one, an especially cunning babushka kept stealing the soldiers’ helmets.
—Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for babushka
handkerchief
Noun
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Had Otello understood that all the world is a joke, as Falstaff startlingly reveals at the end of the opera, Iago would never have been able to poison Otello’s susceptible frail ego with his ridiculous tales of handkerchiefs and what-not.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2026
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Biographies and reports say Princess Kate typically carries just a few essentials, including lip balm, a compact mirror and a handkerchief, leaving everything else to aides.—
Terry Moseley,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Babushka.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babushka. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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