childhood

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Palestra had been the subject of an agreement to rejoin childhood club Inter Milan, but Chelsea moved quickly to surpass their £43m offer and, according to sources in Italy, offered a more substantial wage package.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

She lost her childhood home in the Palisades Fire; her late parents had owned it since 1963, and then it was gone.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2026

My parents also thought we’d have a happier childhood there instead of watching the rain in England.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

Her mother had not communicated with Chapman’s brother about this very effectively — which was not a new pattern of behavior, but a problem dating back to childhood that Chapman digs into in her book.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026

He went from being Thomas Jefferson’s childhood playmate to becoming his personal servant—which meant, in Jefferson’s words, to “shave, dress and follow me on horseback.”

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis