families

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They were ultimately swayed, he said, by appeals from more than a thousand of the camp’s alumnae loyalists and families eager for their daughters to return this summer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

“Evidence suggests that when families have supportive infrastructure around them, they’re more likely to have the children they want to have.”

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026

Becky Alderton, experience manager at Best of Suffolk, said a break away was very important for families - and with the conflict causing uncertainty, it was seeing an increase in demand for its cottages.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Both were immigrants from Ukraine, and they spent holidays together with their families.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

It’s what I want to say to the families of all the boys of the Forty-Eighth, but it’s also the apology I wish was given to me.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse