adolescent
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Opera came calling, it was a wild, if exciting, adolescent company.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026
Sometimes, rousing our dormant inner adolescent is a job for a very old monster with a rock and roll heart where his soul should be.
From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026
“They make me feel less alone,” says Grace, and she and Susanna can both quote from Plath’s “The Bell Jar,” a cherished touchstone of every sensitive adolescent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The researchers combined data from 12 studies involving 235 women and adolescent girls.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
Most of the juvenile lifer cases we handled involved clients who shared Evan's confusion about their adolescent behavior.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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