babysat
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Yesterday, we babysat our granddaughter while our daughter and her husband went out to lunch to celebrate her birthday.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
“My mom had to work, so I stayed with my grandparents and watched TV, and when I was 12 or 13, I babysat for a few different families.”
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026
As a high-schooler in the 1950s, Kay Washburn babysat for 50 hours to afford her $25 dream dress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
Once, he babysat for Dreyer’s 3-year old daughter and upon finding out she loved school buses, set out to stop one in the street in order to give her a ride.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025
Sometimes when I babysat I’d sneak looks at the textbooks of white students who lived in those families.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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