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child

[chahyld] / tʃaɪld /


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Scotland is on course to miss legally-binding targets to cut child poverty "by a wide margin", according to a report from a leading social reform charity.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

It condemned all forms of discrimination against women and girls, and reiterated that sexual slavery of boys, and child marriages and forced forced marriages constituted human rights abuses.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

“No child should ever have to endure such horrific circumstances,” the D.A. said in the release in September.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

Its programs involve years of investment in a child to get them into college with tutoring, campus tours and summer programs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

I was a child of fourteen, while he and Willem were already university men, sprouting straggly beards and breathing out cigar smoke with their conversation.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

"This should not happen. They are dealing with children who are asking for better conditions in which to study."

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The two spoke about their children, investments and differences between the U.S. and China, Holt wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

The initial rollout of the program encouraged children to be invested broadly in American companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Wally Luckeydoo says he is giving his children a "financial head start"

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

It was the worst night of the year—when human children came from all over the village to surround Clare’s wood.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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