childhood

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She transforms herself from “a wild, hatless little savage” into a lady, which estranges her from her childhood companion and besotted admirer, Heathcliff, a foundling who lives with her family.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Some players were born abroad but moved to the UK as a child, in which case their birthplace is listed as their UK childhood home.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Ernst Baerwald’s odyssey from a cushy childhood in Frankfurt to his final days in a beautiful Berkeley mansion, with a long sojourn in Tokyo along the way, reads like, well, a novel.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

One day he wandered into the Fashion District and bumped into a childhood friend who told him there was money to be made selling dresses.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

She was thin, but her face was still soft, round with childhood.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron