adulthood
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“The Catcher in the Rye” benefits from the distance of adulthood.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2026
However, as they reached adulthood, they began to experience mild but gradually worsening balance problems.
From Science Daily • Jun. 21, 2026
Tournaments once so defined now blur into adulthood ambivalence, postcards plotted along the timeline of your life, the details growing grainy.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026
As someone entering adulthood in an uncertain economy, I’d like to know what’s coming.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026
But they became the loving, nurturing bridge over which I walked to adulthood.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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