child
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The Hungarian parliament has voted to amend child protection laws, scrapping measures that stigmatise gay and transgender people.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Omar was a child or preteen during the asylum process and a teenager during the citizenship process.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2026
China’s fertility rate has now fallen below 1.0, meaning the average woman in the country is having fewer than one child.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Whenever you said as a child that you wanted to be on TV, grown-ups would smile indulgently and hope you grew out of the idea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
I will be given an address, and I will collect a child from there.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
It urged families to keep children indoors and to use "respiratory protection" if going outside.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Among its capabilities, according to Apple, is that Siri on the HomeView can take voice commands to add items to a shopping list while the user is cooking dinner for the children.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
During a normal RSV season, infection in children under two years old is responsible for approximately 7,000 to 9,500 GP appointments and 2,300 to 2,600 hospital admissions in Wales.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Their late, beloved Dolly Parton was a self-invented, child-free artistic genius and unabashed sex symbol in a devoted but open-minded marriage, who brought the lamplight of literature to children.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Some faded Daguerrotypes of children who by now must have children and grandchildren of their own.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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