childhood

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Detours into Lindsay’s traumatic childhood, for example, and into her current profession as an audiobook narrator seem somewhat extraneous.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

One of those moments came in writing the track “I Remember,” which recounts his childhood in London spent with his maternal grandmother when his parents were touring.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

Sethapanichsakul, a self-confessed "dinosaur kid", said in a UCL press release that the study also "fulfils a childhood promise of naming a dinosaur".

From BBC • May 14, 2026

“It’s something I’ve done since childhood, something my dad instilled in me.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

“I sent letters by several people—anyone who might be traveling in that area. They are to ask for Mai Chipo, Mother of Chipo, of the Moyo clan, whose childhood name was Nyamasatsi.”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer