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Become a Subscriber Sonia’s reproach is not the innocent hyperbole of a babushka.
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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
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.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022
The Ukrainian babushka waited for a departing train headed east.
—NBC News, 2 May 2022
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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
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.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022
The Ukrainian babushka waited for a departing train headed east.
—NBC News, 2 May 2022
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“Babushka.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/babushka. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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