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  • But to have the opportunity to compare Bouguereau's "L'Amour Vainqueur," a virtuosic 1886 painting of Cupid and Psyche in flight, sitting side by side with Jeff Koons's "Cherubs," a couple of kitschy putti that ought to kill the market in porcelain collectibles for good, flatters both works.

    A Divine Intervention Ralph Gardner 2010

  • Then comes the donkey punch, the elephant dumped on top of the Jenga arrives: it's the sound of 'Cherubs' played on acoustic guitar, sounding like it should have been the centrepiece to Trainspotting and turned them into the biggest band in the world.

    Drowned In Sound // Feed 2009

  • Cherubs Denote Yeses: A reshuffling of the letters for "Deutsche Börse NYSE," from Danny Altman, CEO and chief creative officer for A Hundred Monkeys, a naming consultant.

    The ABCs of Renaming the NYSE Aaron Lucchetti 2011

  • O thou, enthron'd with Cherubs in the realms of day. note: the study of virtue is something that is needed today.

    Archive 2007-07-01 2007

  • O thou, enthron'd with Cherubs in the realms of day. note: the study of virtue is something that is needed today.

    Miss Catherine Beecher 2007

  • Cherubs, presumably, are not part of any sort of quasi-scientific theory, yet this alone is no reason to think they might exist.

    Eliminative Materialism Ramsey, William 2007

  • Cherubs, from the sad but kindly to the threatening (Sarah Pickman)

    Headstones for Dummies, the New York Edition 2006

  • The fall in popularity of the death's head and the subsequent prevalence of the cherub was a reflection of the Great Awakening and the belief in the immortality of the soul: "Cherubs reflect a stress on resurrection, while death's heads emphasize the mortality of man."

    Headstones for Dummies, the New York Edition 2006

  • Sunlight flashed off the pair of gold Cherubs above the gates and the two Archangels leaning on their staffs as if to regard only him.

    Excerpt: The Jesus Thief by J.R. Lankford 2003

  • Cherubs indicate hundreds of feet, e.g. cherubs five = five hundred feet.

    Terror At Dawn Douglass, Keith 2003

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