adolescent
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Bless our adolescent boys: heroes in their own hearts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Nassem said removing uniforms from schools was not the way forward and has sympathy with teachers and schools who are trying to manage complex adolescent behaviour.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Opera came calling, it was a wild, if exciting, adolescent company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
But the pansexual Lestat de Lioncourt transformed them into rebellious, romantic figures, the stuff of adolescent FOMO, as opposed to decaying ghouls.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
Rosy and Gosling were pugnaciously assertive: their future course of action would be unaffected by their fifty-mile excursion into adolescent blather.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
Meta argues it can’t keep very young kids off its apps, and that there’s equal evidence showing its products are good for older adolescents as to suggest they might be harmful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
Agbaje also reports that his research team has released a freely accessible WHtR calculator designed to help detect excess fat in children and adolescents.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Reproductive goals counseling should be developmentally appropriate and designed to help adolescents reflect on their future aspirations related to relationships, childbearing, and family formation.”
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
UK vaccine experts have therefore concluded that it isn't cost effective to offer the MenB vaccine to all adolescents.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Children shot by us, darted around us, little ones shrieking with excitement, adolescents slipping like shadows from door to door, hands over their mouths to keep laughter still.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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