children

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Together, Ned’s three children could vote the family’s entire block, and Abby had close friends in the business who also owned voting stock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

She told police she had learnt how to wrap and swaddle babies on the job and had no formal training in how to put children down to sleep.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

I don’t have a spouse, children or grandchildren to spend money on, either.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

Her 80-year-old mother, she added, “still works taking care of little children to cover life’s expenses.”

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

With an apology to his wife and me, he hurried upstairs and in a minute we heard a game of hide-and-seek going and the shrill laughter of two children.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom