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[chahyld] / tʃaɪld /


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We have a 4-year-old child, a 1-year-old child, a mortgage and daycare bills that make me wince every single month.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

"Even if his sentence is different, he was tortured like an adult and tried like an adult," Bagard told AFP, referring to the 24-year-old taken to Syria as a child.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Kym Gardner, 39, a project engineer in Charlotte, N.C., said that as a child, she never thought about working in the field.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

I'm all for football banter, but surely mocking a child who died from cancer is not banter?

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

Every time I save a child, a tiny part of me imagines it’s you.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Despite the alleged spooky activity, she doesn’t plan to let go of the home, hoping to “hang onto” it “well into retirement,” and someday pass it onto her children.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

It comes after Health Secretary Yvette Cooper promised to stop "corridor care" for sick children because of long waits for hospital beds.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

You have two children, a mortgage, daycare expenses, medical costs, property insurance and taxes, food bills, etc.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

And she was particularly concerned about children on e-bikes being "exploited" by hardened criminals.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

When Joey dies, her daughter, Cynthia, is alive across the ocean in the Philippines, now caring for her own children.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly


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