childhood
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In September, Walters moved out of his childhood home and rented a small house with Oxford that belonged to Oxford’s sister.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
The childhood poverty rate also declined by one percentage point to 13.4%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The Department for Education said it hoped the reforms would tackle childhood obesity, improve nutrition and support children's concentration, learning and wellbeing.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
"They only picked me because I never stopped talking," Jackie told the BBC, with an infectious giggle that hasn't changed since childhood.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
She was thin, but her face was still soft, round with childhood.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
Though the Womacks come from a line of West Virginian horse breeders, there was nothing Americana about the childhoods of BG, Zeimani and Kucha.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
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
Every Christmas, the couple also pays for the whole family to visit Marbella, Spain, where the sons spent a chunk of their childhoods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Hermione had lisped and pranced and pirouetted through their childhoods, showing off at every available moment with no thought—so her scowling, silent older sister believed—for how ludicrous and desperate she appeared.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
