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child

[chahyld] / tʃaɪld /


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County leave child-care centers annually, according to a 2025 study from the UC Berkeley Center for the Study of Child Care Employment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Mursal Khalif, an MP and head of the Ministry of Defence's Child Protection Unit, says efforts to stop such recruitment can face resistance - "some even viewed it as a Western agenda".

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Insurers’ fraud warnings, a nearly $1 million surprise therapy bill and the back story of a visit to the Brooklyn-based provider the Perfect Child.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

The study was supported through an international collaboration coordinated by the Italian Institute of Technology and the Child Mind Institute.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

Ben could see the Christ Child out of the corner of his eye.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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