birthday
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In 2006, she memorably performed as a kids’ birthday party entertainer—and bombed.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026
He liked to open one on her birthday to celebrate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Gorgeous George, one of the most famous faces of wrestling’s Golden Age, didn’t make it to his 50th birthday.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Fiona, who celebrated her 13th birthday in November, was the second of the couple’s three daughters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Jack had made it for her birthday and taught her to cast the line in a whistling arc—the best part of fishing, Nim thought.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
It is a season in which a lot of energy is flowing out: two family weddings back-to-back, seven family birthdays between August and November, the usual work, a cookbook project, a documentary.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
As Loretta Savery’s longtime jeweler, Nelson Holdo remembered the little details: birthdays and anniversaries, where her sons went to college, their majors and if they had girlfriends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Some people marked birthdays and anniversaries during the eclipse, giving the evening a romantic significance.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Swimming pools, playgrounds and birthdays are recurring subjects for Mr. Adams, and we can see him drawing from the likes of David Hockney, Alex Katz and Robert Colescott.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
“Well, he got two birthdays now,” smiled Sister McCandless, “just like he got two brothers—one in the flesh, and one in the Spirit.”
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
