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children

[chil-druhn] / ˈtʃɪl drən /






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"I don't want the children to see how worried we are," she says.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Are we a people who teach our children what to think or how to think?”

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

"On many occasions its come to that decision, if my children want do after-school club or I do something for myself, then my children do that club," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

The separation from the father of her four children upended the retirement she had been envisioning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

The children inched backward, clotting near the river’s edge, their wide eyes fixed on the bushes.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman