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child

[chahyld] / tʃaɪld /


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There is not just one experience of social media, and not just one hypothetical child accessing it.

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2026

Mariana Chilton, an expert in child hunger at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, said a smaller program won’t save money in the long run.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2026

"I have to do it because I'm an only child."

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

One of the groups included a weeping mother who had lost her child.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026

A rush of wind swept through the trees, the sound like a mother shushing a child.

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




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