childhood

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“It’s a piece of my childhood that I get to now share with my kids and hopefully someday they’ll share with their kids if they stay in Redding.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

It's a highly anticipated journey that demands exacting precision -- but there's still room for the astronauts to live out their childhood dreams of spaceflight.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Born in 1982 in Kabusa, which lies within the FCT, Isaac David remembers a childhood of streams and farmland where families drank water from springs and cultivated land that had sustained them for generations.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Quick cuts between Charlie, Mike and Rachel suggest their admissions are intense but relatively innocuous — things that can be laughed off and chalked up to childhood immaturity.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

How did it explain a childhood passion for washing money?

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis