childhood
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For Agassi, tennis was by no means a childhood passion.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Then, abruptly, he was returned to his childhood bedroom, a healthy 17-year-old again.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Yet it doesn’t seem a coincidence to me that one newer show that caters to Generation Z, “Adults,” has a group of friends living rent-free in one of the character’s childhood home.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
The sports world has changed dramatically in the years since David M. Rubenstein abandoned his childhood dream of becoming a baseball player.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
‘I think you know I had a hard childhood.’
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
As if their unconventional childhoods weren’t troubled enough, Asa and Yuru’s twinship comes with another heavy burden: saving the world.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Over one-third of American children and a staggering 53 percent of Black children will be subjected to a child protective services investigation at some point in their childhoods.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
The film is, he said, is "another parable of parental crisis dressed up as a brightly coloured family adventure" - and a "cautionary tale about online childhoods".
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Mr. Windolf, a journalist, begins by detailing how similar his subjects’ childhoods were.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Born in Danville, Indiana, in 1915, Harvey's upbringing was a world away from the elite childhoods of most CIA officials, a fact he was conscious of throughout his career.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
